We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success

Wow What a Story! My 11-yr-old Couldn't Put It Down!

I found this book looking for something interesting/appropriate for my 11 yr-old (6th grade) boy for a school assignment to read a biography and do a presentation on the person. He ended up doing it on all three doctors.

I read the book before I gave it to him, and was inspired. I especially liked the format - stories and then comments by the now-grown-doctors about the incidents they were relating. From the moment he picked up the book, my son was interested. He read it in about 2 days (not his usual pattern, especially for a school project).

Not only was the story interesting and inspiring, it challenges the reader to think of his or her own character and his or her own choices. Some of the more difficult part for me was trying to give my son -- a middle-class white suburban kid -- a sense of what the intercity is like and how enticing the world of gangs, guns, and drugs can look to kids who can't see and weren't told about any other options.

I know the story of The Three Doctors has been widely shared in the black, especially intercity, community, but this is a story for EVERY KID of every color, class or creed.

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the story was great i recommand for children ages 10-15 to read this book.they will gain alot of expericence from it.

We Beat the Street is about three friends growing up the ghetto who want to become doctors. They go to the same school and they share the same interests. They get in trouble a lot but that does not stop them. Sampson for instance is arrested for having stolen property, Rameek throws a student ot the ground and gives him a concussion, and George is well, err generally good. my classmates and i enjoyed reading this book.AUGUSTINE S 10

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we beat the streets

We beat the streets was one of my favorite books. Like i really loved it because they kept it real in the book. They talked about how life was growning up on the streets, they even talked about how even if u are on the streets you can still become succesful if u work hard!

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What I think of this book is that this book was interesting... From the part when Sampson hurt his foot in the beginnig to where they graduated and became doctors at the end... you should get this book

What I recommened to people is to really get to understand this book and to make sure that people have a good time reading this book as my classmates and I have done. When you get to understand this book you will start to have a fun time reading this book. It starts pretty good with some sequences going on and when u get a little more in to it, then you will start to really enjoy this book. Get out and buy this book. Have Fun

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Inspiring!!!

I am Daniesha Carr a student from Hewitt Trussville High School. This book was very inspiring to me. It showed how no matter what your circumstances are, you can achieve all of your dreams, goals, or desires if you try you hardest and give it your all. It also gives the stories of their circumstances in a poverty stricken community surrounded with violence and drugs. It also gives a plethora of examples and cases when all of their dreams, and hard work put toward those dreams could have been ruined. These young men could have fallen into the statistics of their community, but they made a pact and did their best, although slipping a few times, to withstand temptations and to pursue their main goal no matter what anyone said or did.

Overall I enjoyed this novel. It was very intriguing. Even though I can not relate to the struggles of the three young men, the book is written in a context where it is not hard to connect and understand the characters story. One thing I that made me a little iffy about the novel is that all the criminal acts the boys committed, they always seemed to either get a lighter sentence, or get no punishments at all. Someone or thing was truly on their side.

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This book is really great and it will catch the readers attention.

I love this book because there are several things you can learn from it. It is a true story that will help motivate readers into following their dreams and believe that it will come true if you just work on it. It is written by the three friends, doctors Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt. They wrote something from their experience in each chapter on what made up their minds to want to become doctors. They didn¿t think they could do it because first of all they were black and they also lack money. They lived in a place where selling drugs is the only way to earn money. They also had to learn that staying in the streets could either kill or sent them to jail for the rest of their life the hard way. Everyday they had to struggle against peer pressure, gang violence, and rampant drug use. Then one day while trying to skip class to shoot hoops the boys found themselves listening to a special presentation about the Seton Hall University Pre-Medical/ Pre-Dental Plus program. For the first time ever, the three friends believed that they might really have an opportunity to make their dreams come true. They made a pack to stay together if they get accepted for the scholarship. For those who love true stories and are eager to learn new things like I do, I recommend you read this book. I think this is a book for teenagers to help them decide what they are going to do with their life and how to do it.

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Highly Recommended - you must check it out!! Highly Recommended - you must check it out!! Highly Recommended - you must check it out!! Highly Recommended - you must check it out!!

It is an excellent book for the students to read about and learn from it, specially for the youth people who are struggling to reach their goal,reading this book will change your life and you will learn anything is possible in life if you put your mind to it.

The Best Book ever

This book is about three boys who grew up in a very poor neighborhood. They all find each other in high school and form a friendship pact. They all move on to become doctors. My favorite character was all the boys because they were always determined to follow their dream. I liked this book because it showed me that you can do anything you want to do with hard work. You should read this book because it teaches young rweaders to folow their dreams wwith lots of hard work and support.

WHAT A INSPIRATIONAL BOOK!

THIS A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL READERS AT ALL AGES AND I WILL RECOMMED THIS BOOK TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY! I JUST WISH THAT I WAS THERE TO SEE WHAT THEY RELLY WANTED INTO AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.BUT READIN THIS BOOK IS LIKE MEETING THEM FACE TO FACE!

Great Inspirtational Book

The Chapter I would say was my favorite was when they took a pact to stay in
school, get good grades,and not follow their former drug dealing friends. The
reason why I liked this part is because it inspired me with what they did with
their friendship. It is great they can make pacts and trust each other to follow
through. I think this book is appropriate for any age level because it hooks you
in easily for any level of reading.I couldn't go back to the book to find some literary devices because i gave back the book to my teacher in the 7th grade. but there are some quotes i found online that i liked "No one from our neighborhood ever makes it out. You either are gunned down, or arrested, or you get some crazy disease.". I would recommend this book to all my
friends and everyone who likes inspirational books.

We Beat The Street

We Beat The Street was one of my favorite books. Its about 3 younge kids who become great friends in highschool and end up making a pact to stick together to accomplish their dreams of becoming doctors. This book made me feel that I can be somebody no matter were I come from. Even though they had their horrible downs they still became the 3 magnifacent doctors they are today because they stuck to the pact that they made.

We Beat the Street Review

'We Beat the street'was an inspirational, uplifting and encouragable story.I loved it and it encouraged me to do the best that I can no matter where I have came from.The three doctors where from broken homes and rudely streets of where they lived.But no matter what anybody said or did they always did their best to succeed so they can make a difference in others lives to let them know no matter where you're from its ok to go further in life.They made that pact to be something in life and they did it and wrote this incredible story for others to be inspired.

Uplifting and Inspiring!

We Beat the Street is an uplifting and encouraging novel. It takes you through the lives of three gentlemen and shows you what it was like living in The Projects of Newark, New Jersey. Their stories start out going different ways until they all meet in Jr. High. Growing up in Newark was hard for all three boys. They all were excellent students but unfortunately, being smart in school was something frowned upon by their friends. They stuck with it and did their best even though the pressure put on them was sometimes overwhelming. They were often caught doing the wrong things in order to get a little money. Shoplifting and drug dealing were a constant threat to their reputation along with street fights. All three boys found ways to avoid staying in jail and were very lucky. When they all met in high school they were concentrating hard on just finishing school and avoiding getting into serious trouble. When they were nearing the end of high school a guest speaker visited their school and spoke to them about Seton Hall University and the chance to go to medical school and become either a doctor or dentist. At first college seemed hopeless, but after discussing it with one another they believed they could do it and then they established their pact. The three teens decided that together they would graduate high school and then go to college and medical school where they would become doctors. This book will take you on the long and hard journey that these men went through and will show you that you really can do anything if you put your mind, heart, and soul into it.

most inspirational i've read

This book din t teach mr anything new but it did remind what is important at the right time. I thank my teacher for recommending this book to me.

I loved this book it was amazing.

This book was amazing. I am glad my teacher recommended this book to me because I enjoyed it. I couldnt wait to finish the book to see how the book would end. I didnt want to stop reading it.I would recommend this book to people that like to hear about the struggles and the life of people.

We beat the Streets

How do you think your life would be run if you lived in a poor and violent neighborhood? Would you always be scared and on your toes or become a violent person to fit in? In We Beat the Streets Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, and George Jenkins deicide to go down the path of hope and are always on their toes and get their doctorates profession. These boys are always trying to avoid dangerous situation, sometimes making the wrong decision. Although every time they get into dangerous situation they always learn some type of lesson. When they do a good deed some how it allows them to become closer to their goals of becoming a doctor. If it¿s avoiding drugs or even just not fighting everybody you meet on the side walk. This book goes in an order first Sampson, Rameck, and then George. This book each writes about their experiences. Then he writes about how that moment in their life affected them today. This is a great book. I recommend it to anybody who likes memoirs, likes books full of action and wants to become a doctor. This book gave me the message to work hard and stay out of trouble and everything will go good. I think that it is important for everybody to read this book. It will give you knowledge.

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