Miss Pollock’s class has given Katz so much that after graduation he will head overseas to do some farming. He is not in a hurry to rush into college.  In this audio slideshow we visit the school garden, where Katz has his own plot of land.

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This story is part of an ongoing series examining "Graduation Day L.A.," produced by The California Report and the USC Annenberg's School of Communication and Journalism.

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