Mentoring Video Project student Joshua White's Fall project explores how young men are affected by the male role models in their lives. In his story, a lack of positive role models leads a young boy down a self-destructive path, but, when a new friend comes into the picture, the boy is able to set his life back on course. This is an excerpt from a practice recording session on Thursday, November 15th. Joshua says that too many young men in Baltimore refuse to ask for help from family and friends because they are afraid of looking weak, but that "you have to accept your imperfections in order to move forward in your life."

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Although most fall MVP projects about very serious topics, we still have lots of in class. During our recent narration recording field trip at local NPR station WYPR, MVP students Malcolm Barton, Jr. and Ykitta Martin used some downtime to do some freestyle rapping. WYPR Maryland Morning Producer Matt Purdy provided the beat boxing, which Malcolm and Ykitta came up with lyrics reflecting on Ykitta's fall MVP project, which explores the rising costs of college education.

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