Dousey-N-Em
The Boys Club—My Bridge to Manhood
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This time I was determined to make the football team, especially after hearing that Dousey, who was younger, had made the team last year. But trying out for the team this year was very challenging for me. For some reason there weren’t many rookies trying out. I just knew I was going to be riding the bench for the first year. I was one of the smallest boys out there. Most of the guys I knew had already played at least one year. And they seemed to be pretty good. There were a few things the coach always made clear to us, and one was that size does not make a ballplayer—and if you get cut from the team, it’s only because you decided not to come back. Basically if you get cut, it’s only because you cut yourself.
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About the Book
This book gives a brief background of the author and his valuable childhood lessons and experiences which gave him the strength to rise above the past. It is designed to help young people growing up in the inner city to realize that there are so many things right there in the neighborhood that can help them in an urban setting. A little like an “it’s what you make of it” approach. It will also help young readers to take advantage of what positive things are available in the neighborhood that can really help them survive what people call today “the Hood.” The author also shares some bad decisions he made as a youth to help a young reader see he was not perfect and was affected greatly by a lot of the negative surroundings. The author shares how each experience was a lesson learned for him and how he still lives by these principles today. The book spares readers of all the drugs and serious violence that are glorified in movies and videos today. The goal is to help a young reader see that entertainment is not the only answer to making it out of an urban setting.
About the Author
The author is a person who grew up in a housing project in the Hampton roads area in Virginia. He shared so many of the same experiences as most inner city youths. He notice that so many inner city children growing up in an urban setting usually find it hard to leave behind most of the bad experiences that can lead them to many problems in life and with the law. But he started to wonder why he was able to get beyond the past and be able to make it in society without a criminal record. He also noticed that there were others who grew up in similar areas worse than what he grew up in and never experienced illegal drugs. He started to look at the common thread he and others had in common that helped them escape the ills of inner city dwelling. He decided to look back into his childhood days and focus on the experiences that helped him survive. He then noticed as he shared his experiences with others who survived, that their experiences were similar and these experiences are what helped them conquer most of the stereotypes of those with an urban background. He would like to share some of these experiences, only the benign ones he learned lessons from. He realized that certain hobbies, friends, real people in the neighborhood and recreation facilities available should not be overlooked, and that just basic bible principles can be the key to a inner-city youth survival.