Dozens of students over the past two years have come to a bodega in Staten Island to show their grades to Wail Alselwi, who goes by Wally. In exchange for good grades, Alselwi lets students take some free goodies, and if they earn above a 90 percent average, they get $100 as well, plus a T-shirt. The idea came to Alselwi, 36, in 2023, after he made a bet with one of his regular customers that if he got good grades on his report card, Alselwi said he would give him something in the store free. Al

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