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"Perhaps the American Dream is more than just an ideal after all. Two years ago, Boston Globe\u00A0reporter Billy Baker wrote the\u00A0touching story of two young brothers working hard to lift themselves out of an\u00A0impoverished background and, now, their story has developed: with hard work, academic drive and a little luck, it appears dreams do come true.\nAs reported by Baker in the original story, the two high school students, George and Johnny Huynh, grew up in the struggling neighborhood of Dorchester, which is just outside of Boston and plagued by violence. The brothers' parents were divorced, and their father committed suicide in 2008. Their mother's mental disabilities made her unable to hold a job outside the home to support the children. A\u00A0Vietnamese immigrant, she spoke little English and, as Baker reported, the boys speak little Vietnamese.\nSee also: When 3,500 Strangers Helped Comfort a Dying Man\nDespite their lack of support and financial pressure, both boys are hard-working students who pursued better educational opportunities outside of their neighborhood at the prestigious Boston Latin School. As the\u00A0nation\u2019s oldest school, it offer students a \"famously rigorous curriculum,\" as described by Baker.\u00A0Since the seventh grade, the brothers commuted every day on Bus 19\u00A0to Boston Latin, and they were both in the top of their class.\nThe\u00A0Boston Globe\u00A0video below tells the story of their life in greater detail. \u00A0\n\nIn it, the boys are described as \"high achievers\" and appear devoted to working hard to reach their dreams. What's more, despite\u00A0George's childhood struggles alongside his older brother Johnny, he has just announced his acceptance to\u00A0Yale University.\u00A0According to Baker, George initially shared the news of getting into the preeminent U.S. university on his\u00A0Facebook\u00A0page Tuesday by\u00A0thanking everyone who helped him get to his goal. Baker tweeted the image of George below, celebrating the good news:\n\n\nSay hi to George, everyone. \"Smile if you just got accepted to Yale!\" pic.twitter.com/ZhKAGirkhk\n\u2014 Billy Baker (@billy_baker) December 17, 2013\n\n\u00A0\nBaker, who has continued to stay in touch with and mentor the boys long after the original story was published, shared this heartwarming development to their story via\u00A0Twitter\u00A0on Monday in an emotional narrative that took the social network by storm, starting with the simple line, \"I'm going to tell you a story.\"\nTo conclude, Baker tweeted, \"Sorry for flooding you with this experiment. But it's a story about what's right when we spend too much time writing about what's wrong.\" That story is reproduced in its entirety below.\n\n\n\n[View the story \"Billy Baker of the Boston Globe and an inspiring story of hope\" on Storify]\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nImage:\u00A0Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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