Wes’s grandfather, Fred, “came to the States to fulfill [his] dream of a theology degree from an American University,” (Moore Ch. 1, pg. 14 of 92). Joy, Wes’s mother, went to the University of Washington D.C.in 1968 (Ch. 1, pg. 16 of 92). Also, Wes’s father Wes, went to Bard College in 1971 (Ch.1, pg. 30 of 92). Wes’s family was always there to encourage, guide, and support him in everything that he did. When Wes started to fail in school, his family (especially his mother, Joy) knew she had to help him before she lost him to all the chaos that were happening to young boys all around them. Every day young boys were arrested, killed due to gun and drug violence. Wes’s mother, Joy, saw no other choice but to send her only send to military school. In military school, Wes saw how much respect nineteen-year-old Cadet Captain Ty Hill received from his men, he realized he “was in a different environment…. [his] normal expectation were inverted…. leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized,” (Ch.1, Pg. 51-56 of 102). It was in that moment, Wes started to take the right path and make better choices for his future. Wes became the youngest “regimental commander for the 70th Corps of Cadets…. the highest-ranking cadet in the entire corps of over seven hundred people…. he [was] responsible for their health, welfare, morale, and success” (Ch. 7, Pg. 24 of
Wes’s grandfather, Fred, “came to the States to fulfill [his] dream of a theology degree from an American University,” (Moore Ch. 1, pg. 14 of 92). Joy, Wes’s mother, went to the University of Washington D.C.in 1968 (Ch. 1, pg. 16 of 92). Also, Wes’s father Wes, went to Bard College in 1971 (Ch.1, pg. 30 of 92). Wes’s family was always there to encourage, guide, and support him in everything that he did. When Wes started to fail in school, his family (especially his mother, Joy) knew she had to help him before she lost him to all the chaos that were happening to young boys all around them. Every day young boys were arrested, killed due to gun and drug violence. Wes’s mother, Joy, saw no other choice but to send her only send to military school. In military school, Wes saw how much respect nineteen-year-old Cadet Captain Ty Hill received from his men, he realized he “was in a different environment…. [his] normal expectation were inverted…. leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized,” (Ch.1, Pg. 51-56 of 102). It was in that moment, Wes started to take the right path and make better choices for his future. Wes became the youngest “regimental commander for the 70th Corps of Cadets…. the highest-ranking cadet in the entire corps of over seven hundred people…. he [was] responsible for their health, welfare, morale, and success” (Ch. 7, Pg. 24 of