Guadalupe Barragan started her freshman year at Elgin High School at a sixth grade math level. Now as a senior, she's taking AP calculus!Her story is highlighted in a Trib Local article. It says she enrolled in summer courses and stayed after school for extra help to get ahead. But her main inspiration was her teacher, Brian Karsabaek. Barragan says he's the one who helped her realize her own potential.
The best part of the story, is that Barragan's hard work is motivating other struggling students to do the same:
"Her perseverance even inspired the class behind her to make the same leap. The year after she took the summer geometry class, 20 other students signed up to do the same, including Marlene Escobar and Olivia Sirichandeng, who are now juniors taking pre-calculus.
The girls said they heard Barragan’s story as freshmen and were impressed that she proved herself when some doubted her."
Check out the full article here: Calculus: Hard work, inspiring teacher
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