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| f319dfe | "Cat's friends seemed like very sweet girls," Dad says. "They were the bomb," I say fervently, and he looks back at me with raised eyebrows. "'The bomb' is a good thing? Like 'sick'? "Duh," I reply, and Dad lets out a sigh. "Thirteen-year-olds should come with subtitles," he says, turning onto our street." | language oldies sick subtitles youngsters | Maya Gold | |
| 062ff0e | Joining a gang is like sky diving without a parachute. Oh, at first it's all fun, as you take on gravity in a thrilling and exhilarating free fall towards earth. The truth is, anything that is risky and dangerous always starts out as fun. But the odds are always stacked in gravity's favor, for you will eventually come face to face with the earth, and mother earth always wins those battles. The same thing can be said about being in a gang. | at-risk-communities at-risk-youth church-youth-group community-policing consequence crime-prevention dangerous early-death end-result excitement exhilarating free-fall fun gang-intervention gang-involvement gang-members joining-a-gang joy-ride mother-earth parachute risk-taking risky-behaviors sky-diving street-life thrilling thug-life youngsters youth-clubs youth-programs | Drexel Deal |