33girl, sounds like that was a good show. Unfortunately I didnt see it. Shopgirl, from what you mentioned. I saw that idea up close and personal when I worked at the youth prison last summer and before at the group home. crimes do effect people from all walks of life and all kinds of families. Rich and Poor. I was amazed though the effort that kids would take into learning and being about gang culture. Its like when they came into the system it was there home already. If that makes sense. So it sucked when you worked there because they were automatically at an advantage. Plus with this gang culture, MTV actually provides a lot of the music that these gangs use to communicate to youths across the country that are in gangs. Then these kids use that to recruit other kids and then those kids get into the culture and get so busy learning the street ways. Instead of school. I was amazed at how much energy and talent at kids that were gang bangers that knew the language that instead could use that to better themselves in school. That really opened up my eyes. I really had it good growing up and I'm thankful of that.
[This message has been edited by kmullini (edited January 12, 2001).]
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