#8 Transform your thinking

 The statement that has changed was number one- most kids who join gangs do it because they are bad kids and want other kids like them to get into trouble with. Before reading the novel the Outsiders, I had answered yes for that statement and agreed that most kids who join gangs do it because they are bad kids, but now that I have read the novel, I have learned allot, and realised that children who join gangs aren’t bad children at all. Kids mostly join gangs for protection either because their parents have passed away or their parents don’t care about them. A gang not only provides protection but also love. Most kids like Johnny join gangs to be loved, since his parents couldn’t care less about him. People in gangs don’t like getting into trouble, I have learned that most don’t have a great education, and stealing and drug dealing become a normal part of their daily life’s to survive.