But the teenage sons linger on in their dire neighbourhood, drinking beer, skipping school, lusting after local girls.
Recent government figures show more than 50, 000 youngsters a day are skipping school.
Around this time, he started running away from home and skipping school.
She left the hospital in October in part, she said, because she was worried about her 15 year-old daughter, who was skipping school.
Growing up without electricity and running water in a village near Chinese University--where his father was a professor--he was more interested in skipping school than in learning arithmetic.
Growing up without electricity and running water in a village near the Chinese University of Hong Kong--where his dad was a professor--he was more interested in hanging out with his friends and skipping school than in learning arithmetic.
He added he began skipping classes at school, was regularly in trouble with police and was sentenced to three months in a detention centre when he was 15.
In her senior year of high school, after skipping sessions dedicated to preparing college applications, Ms. Razon broke down and told the center's director that she was undocumented.
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Emigrating to Sacramento in 1968 at age 16, after riots in Hong Kong threatened his father's business, Lee started high school without a word of English, skipping lunch for the first few weeks until he learned to point at what he wanted.
Immigrating to Sacramento, California in 1968 at age 16, after riots in Hong Kong threatened his father's business, Lee started high school without a word of English, skipping lunch for the first few weeks until he learned to point at what he wanted.
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