Ruhan
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And it's just those types of moments where you kind of realize people aren't really even being considerate of.
Of course not.
Because this trash has to go somewhere.
And, you know, we're just one of the few people that has to, it passes through on its way to its final destination.
And quite frankly, not just that, but again, even like when people are walking past us at the yards, well, depending on what yard we're in, but sometimes if you're at a specific yard where people are walking by, people like will throw things into the dumpster that we're cleaning, like as we're cleaning it.
Well, I just got really lucky.
What ended up happening was I was doing really good in martial arts when I was in high school.
I was winning so many national titles across the country.
And eventually we were transitioning to boxing.
I ended up having a really bad injury in my left shoulder.
And from there, I just wanted to be able to help out my father, who was raising us by himself for the last 10 years.
And so upon that, I ended up going to work for the sanitation company.
I ended up doing really, really, really well there.
And my two co-workers went to talk to the owner of the sun, and they realized this guy has a lot of potential.
Maybe he should go and try something else.
So essentially, the owner of the trash company pushed me to go to college.
He helped me get into Bowie State University.
And then from there, I had access to, I had a food scholarship.
I had tutors, et cetera.
And then I became a 4.0 student.