This is what I actually spent most of my years growing up around in Long Beach, C.A., where I saw these types of situations first hand. I had also thought it was the way of life till I moved away. I had made a decision a long time ago, thanks to a probation officer, that I wanted to become a difference in teenagers lives. Let them realize that there are other options out there. I also have done this with my own children. The movie made me realize how far I have come as a person, and how much I truly want this as a dream, in my profession, to help those that do not know there is other options out there for them. I want to allow them to grasp themselves as what they are capable of, not what they think they must