Gang Leader For A Day

In the Story Gang Leader For A Day, it was so interesting and dramatic how much one kid could learn and teach the rest of society based on one study attempted.  The Indian young college student was on a mission to see how different backgrounds and living conditions could alter ones future and success in "the city upon a shining hill".  His first tactic was to go around asking different groups of people what it was like to be living how they are and what has led them to these paths they're taking in life.  He realized that to be accepted and taken seriously, he had to blend in more and be apart of his study in order to feel what lives they live in the shoes that they wear.  The story was a very interesting piece for me to read because it gave a perception on different groups of people and how they view different parts of society.  Students are taught to think one way about certain groups of people when in reality, their lives are much more complex and complicated.  It was also very interesting to me how society as a whole is seperated to some point into different social groups that we cluster into.  An example is the different sections in cities where people of different cultures live and converse with similar people that share their beliefs and religious paths.  Every individual is apart of some sort of group that represents them in society and we just need to identify what these groups mean regarding what our lives are shaped from.