Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Gang Leader For A Day
I thought this article was very interesting. It's cool that the authors research started out with surveys and questionaires and ended up becoming a real life experience. I don't think I would have the courage to do what he did. I give him a lot of credit for hanging out with these thugs to further his sociological knowledge. This article defintely made me realize that I take for granted many aspects of my life. I have a loving family, a roof over my head and I'm on my way to recieving an excellent education. What more could I truly want? I also thought it was really cool that a girl in our class had come for this type of lifestyle before going into high school. Although she said it was hard at first, she has made a really good transition. It got me to thinking what if the situation was vice versa? What if I had been thrown into the world of "thug life" on the street of Chicago? I don't think I would ever make it out alive. I'm very grateful to be where I am today and have the love and support from my friends and family.
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I thought it was also really interesting how a girl in our class has actually experienced this kind of lifestyle. I really liked her point of view on why gangs live the life they live-for money. Good post =)
ReplyDeleteStyne, I also think its interesting that a girl in our class knows what the chicago thug life is like. The way she described it seems so out of our reach becuase we have never experienced anything like that. And I never thought about it in the way you did. We are really lucky to have the lifestyle that we have and we are so fortunate to go to a great school and have the opportunity to go to a great college to assure or lives wont be like the thugs lives.
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