”Children are products of their environment. These kids get their morals from the culture and the neighborhood. Life outside of schools is your main life, and you adapt to that. All you see is all you know. Remembering to do homework or reading for schools is hard when you are trying to figure out where you are going to lay your head on a pillow that night.
Deon, 21, is an unemployed high school graduate in Milwaukee. Abandoned by his mother at age 5, he grew up living with various family members. (via gjmueller)
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