They are only kids...hmm...

I kind of had a reality check with a detainee today. He was put into my typing class so I could "baby sit" him while the pod officier did God knows what (probably talked on the phone knowing her). So I put him on the computer and told him he could do a typing lesson or play typing games instead of sitting twiddling his thumbs. I was going on with the rest of class and sat down in my usual spot where I could watch the kids type and make sure that they are not in he wrong program or if they need assistance. When I looked at this new boy's hands I saw that he had a gang name written across his fingers and on his screen was a penguin typing game. It was just so funny to me to see this kid with a gang name like that on his hand that probably beat the living tar out of someone and had the same done to him playing a game like that. It was really a reminder that these kids don't know what they have gotten themselves into. It made me kind of sad, man I couldn't do this job my whole life!