I just met with my group about the final product in our presentation for tomorrow. I am excited to share this with them, because I feel like we all three worked so hard to get it finished, and I know how much I learned throughout this project.
I began the project with a narrow mind about gang literature...what gangster is actually reading in the library?! But now, I realize that this is more than just a glorified lifestyle, it is a message to the youth. Not only for those thinking about joining the lifestyle, but for those who have left it. I read an article about how displaced those feel that leave the gang. They feel they are making the right decision, only to be flagged by school officials and the justice dept. as criminals for the rest of their lives. I can see how they end up in a downward spiral. I can see how this lifestyle may attract a hopeless child. I can see how these books deserve a place in the public library or school media center.
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