从黑帮女到明星老师

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1、从黑帮女到明星老师　　SoIgrewupinEastLosAngeles，notevenrealizingIwaspoor.Mydadwasahighrankinggangmemberwhoranthestreets.EveryoneknewwhoIwas，soIthoughtIwasaprettybigdeal，andIwasprotected，andeventhoughmydadspentmostofmylifeinandoutofjail，Ihadanamazingmomwhowasjustfiercelyindependent.Sheworked

2、atthelocalhighschoolasasecretaryinthedean’soffice，soshegottoseeallthekidsthatgotthrownoutofclass，forwhateverreason，whowerewaitingtobe1）disciplined.Man，herofficewaspacked.　　So，see，kidslikeus，wehavealotofthingstodealwithoutsideofschool，andsometimeswe’rejustnotreadytofocus.Butthatdo

3、esn’tmeanthatwecan’t.Itjusttakesalittlebitmore.Like，IrememberonedayIfoundmydad2）convulsing，foamingatthemouth，3）OD-ingonthebathroomfloor.Really，doyouthinkthatdoingmyhomeworkthatnightwasatthetopofmyprioritylist？Notsomuch.　　ButIreallyneededasupportnetwork，agroupofpeoplewhoweregoingt

4、ohelpmemakesurethatIwasn’tgoingtobeavictimofmyowncircumstance，thattheyweregoingtopushmebeyondwhatIeventhoughtIcoulddo.Ineededteachers，intheclassroom，everyday，whoweregoingtosay，“Youcanmovebeyondthat.”Andunfortunately，thelocaljuniorhighwasnotgoingtoofferthat.Itwasgang-infested，huge

5、teacherturnoverrate.　　Somymomsaid，“You’regoingonabusanhourandahalfawayfromwhereweliveeveryday.”So，forthenexttwoyears，that’swhatIdid.Itookaschoolbustothefancysideoftown.Andeventually，Iendedupataschoolwheretherewasamixture.Thereweresomepeoplewhowerereallygang-4）affiliated，andthenth

6、erewerethoseofusreallytryingtomakeittohighschool.Well，tryingtostayoutoftroublewasalittleunavoidable.Youhadtosurvive.Youjusthadtodothingssometimes.Sotherewerealotofteacherswhowerelike，“She’snevergoingtomakeit.Shehasanissuewithauthority.She’snotgoingtogoanywhere.”Someteacherscomple

7、telywrotemeoffasalostcause.　　Butthen，theywereverysurprisedwhenIgraduatedfromhighschool.IwasacceptedtoPepperdineUniversity，andIcamebacktothesameschoolthatIattendedtobeaspecialedassistant.　　AndthenItoldthem，“Iwanttobeateacher.”　　Andboy，theywerelike，“What？Why？Whywouldyouwanttodothat

8、？”　　SoIbeganmyteachingcareerattheexactsa