I grew up in Pasadena, Texas and it is a bad area of town, where a lot of people outlooks in life have or shifted in some way because of what they grew up around. There are gangs, drugs,illegal weapons,violent crimes the list goes on, kids would grow up up seeing all these things and think it’s okay to be apart of that.
Another reason why so many people would change their views on life and turn to crime is because no one cared. No one in Pasadena cares what you do, not even the teachers. I feel like if we get teachers that cared about their students let