Which causes we should donate to was another big question. Barbara’s biggest passion has been helping students in the most stressed public school districts in Connecticut, especially those students who are called “disengaged and disconnected.”12 A study she funded showed that 22 percent of high school students fall into one of these two categories, which was shocking because most will probably become adults who will suffer and be burdens on society rather than flourishing contributors to it. Because she has a lot of direct contact with these children and their teachers, she understands their
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