Gangs

My AIS topic covers gangs. Im nearing the end of my book and i just wanted to comment on how different the lives of many Americans(an extreme being a mexican immigrant living in poverty like the book im reading) are compared to ours. Sex drugs and violence are the norm for a 10-13 year old growing up in east L.A. Shooting heroin and loosing your virginity at the age of 12 is hard to grasp for many of us living on the North Shore. Hopefully my interviewee will be the author of this autobiography, Luis J. Rodriguez. His chilling stories and gresuome experiences are exploited in this book for everyone to get a feeling for. A interview with Rodriguez would be extremely moving and knowledgable.

Junior Theme so far

My junior theme is on gangs, and how they effect society and how the precautions set up to lessen gang violence(jails) actually has very little impact on gangs, and accomplishing very little in lessening gang violence and growth. Im reading the book "Always Running" its about a young man who moves to L.A. from Mexico when he is 2 years old. His families struggles and his rough childhood are obvious signs of potential necessity to join a gang. This book so far illustrates the vulnerability of poor children subjected to violence and abuse on a daily basis, and the importance of good education in a community and extracarricular activities to keep kids off the streets.