ACS Commissioner joins Youth Communication in honoring resilient teens
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Afraid of "Bad Neighborhoods"
I learned that the hood is full of good people
Evin's parents warn him to avoid certain neighborhoods and he develops a wariness toward anyone from the "ghetto." It's not until he befriends kids from hood that he learns to separate "bad neighborhoods" from the people who live there.
