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I如果你有一个愿望，会是什么？

金沙博彩的学生诺亚·丹顿想继续深造。 The Make-A-Wish 基金会 recently granted his wish with a $5,000 scholarship that will allow Denton to graduate debt free.

“I didn't want to use my wish on something that was just kind of novel, not that there's anything wrong with that,” he said. “我觉得这是最好的选择。”

丹顿在15岁时被诊断为腓骨尤文氏肉瘤。 It is a rare type of cancer that forms in the bones or the soft tissue around the bones.

他说：“大多数人在得了癌症的时候并不会认为自己得了癌症。” “I noticed there was something wrong but waited two years before getting it checked out. I didn't think it was anything that severe.”

丹顿于2021年2月开始接受治疗。 The 11-month period was a “weird” time — he had just reunited with his classmates after taking classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but then he had to isolate again because of his condition.

“I wasn't allowed to have any visitors at all because my immune system was weak and then with COVID it was too big of a risk, so I really didn't see people for a year,” he said.

尽管困难重重，丹顿的腓骨还是被成功切除了。 He received the medical status “no evidence of disease” on his 16th birthday, and he will be officially declared cancer free by 2026.

“如果你发现有什么不对劲，就去检查一下，”他说。 “The waiting only makes it get worse. 你永远不会真的觉得自己得了癌症。”

丹顿于2024年5月从旧金山孤星高中毕业。 He enrolled at Collin College shortly afterward to pursue an Associate of Applied Science in Commercial Music. While Denton was in the middle of the summer session, Collin’s Student Financial Services office received a call.

“The Make-a-Wish 基金会 let me know that they had a scholarship for Noah for his education,” said Jamie Brinkley, assistant director of Student Financial Services. “I'm proud to be a part of a college where someone would take such a special gift like this and want to come to our school. What an incredibly mature young man to say, ‘I can probably use my wish to go somewhere fun, but I want to further my education.’ That is just amazing to me.”

丹顿会把爱传递出去。 Inspired by his wish, Collin College will extend it by covering a semester’s worth of tuition for a classmate of Denton’s choosing.

Denton said enrolling at Collin College felt like a win-win: he can receive a good education close to home, now at no cost.

“我来金沙博彩是因为我想留在当地，”他说。 “A lot of people have said good things about Collin, and it's not as expensive as other schools. I’m excited that I don’t have to worry about funding and can just focus on taking my classes.”

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