uh oh, gang activity!

After reading the story, Gang Leader for a Day, I learned a better way to studyt groups of people. You can't just show up to a random place with a survey and expect good results. You have to work questions into small talk and really get a feel for the group. Why would anyone want to spend all their time in a run down project that smells like urine? You can't just ask that question, you need to live it. It could be because that is the gang's turf or possibly because it is a good spot to conduct drug deals. Possibly it is just the only spot that gang has ever known as their home. What ever it is, the question can't be answered just be asking someone a question. In 8th grade I really started getting into music. I mainly liked classic rock because that is what my friends listened to. I thought emo music was too depressing, rap was only for african americans, and reggae was only for stoners. One day I thought I would listen to scremo as a joke. Funny part is, I loved it. I had to have spent 3 months listening to scremo or as my mom calls it "devil music." I then expanded my horizon even more and got into reggae. Now I listen to everything.  You can't ask someone why they like a certain kind of music. You have to experience it to really get into it.