Disappearing Act

One of the statements that stuck out to me was when Mr. Gurian stated that the young men he had worked with in prison “had been raised by females that did not promote education and found relevance in the schools they had attended”. I agree with that statement because in your family or whoever is not giving you the push to finish school, or further your education then it could get hard to get motivated to do so. Sometimes people need the extra push and support to achieve goals but if the people surrounding you have not even done so themselves, then who is really there to support and push you to do finish school and further your education. Mr. Gurian also stated that” young men who do not finish high school or go to college will be more likely to father children outside of wedlock, and more likely not to pay child support”. Sadly it’s a lot of these kinds of fathers in these times of days fathering children out of wedlock. I have seen and heard of these kind of fathers having children and not playing their role as a father and not paying child support which means that they probably fall under the statement “young men who don’t finish high school or go to college will be more likely to be unemployed, which he will be more likely to engage in violence against women and more likely in crime. I also think that girls are ahead because it’s a new world compared to back then. A lot of things are way different, there is new distraction and people that guys look up to that are millionaires and successful that did not graduate high school or go to college.They think that they can take that same road.  Some guys who grow up in a single family home don’t have their dads, so who are they to look up to. A male figure is not in the home to guide them.