George's Resilience Against Peer Pressure: A Young Journey

1) Describe the experiences that help George to resist peer pressure to participate in negative activities when he was young. George resists participating in negative activities because of the way he was raised. People always told him positive things, and they told him what was wrong. The positive energy remained in him, and it was able to reflect all the negative energy. In the text it says, “Many guys I knew sold drugs because they felt they had no choice. And I believe that kids who grew up in less stable environments were more susceptible to peer pressure from friends that do the negative things that everyone else seemed to be doing.”

2) Describe what happened with Sam’s parents when he was eleven years old and what he does to help his

Sam helped his mother out by reading her mail for her, made deposits at the bank, helped writing money orders for the bills, and he kept his grades up for her.

3) What was Rameck like in high school and how does he meet George and Sam? Rameck didn’t have his father at home, and his mother’s choices for different partners weren’t that great. During his teenage years, Rameck made many poor decisions, and ended up in juvenile jail when he was just sixteen. He was also forced to sit around while his mother became even more addicted to drugs. They didn’t have enough money to pay the bills, and they lived without electricity. Rameck prayed, but he never saw answers to those prayers. Lessons and a caring teacher paved a path for his life. Rameck meets George and Sam when he begins college at University High.

4) What money-making scheme did Sam and his friends come up with? How did it turn out? Sam and his friends decided that robbing drug dealers would be a great way to make some quick cash. After a few successful robberies, Sam was caught and arrested by the police. He spent four weeks in juvenile detention and ever since that moment he decided he would do whatever it took to become