There was a 16 year old boy in karate class for about two years. He was a good student and could defend himself in a fight. He was in the Navy Sea Cadets through ROTC in his school. He was a good guy and I liked him...he would mow the yard for spending money. I even let him drive my car one time cause I trusted him.
He wanted to be a Navy Seal, and I have no doubt he would have been a good one.
Several times, I asked him if he was interested in mowing the yard and making some money. He did a good job. Even helped me with some gardening work. One time he came over with one of his buddies to mow the yard. He had completely changed. He had tattoos, piercings, and orange hair. Both he and his buddy wore their pants so their underwear shown. I was my Mom's house and I arrived there about the time they were finishing up. They did a good job, but man, why the radical change?
About two weeks later, I read in the paper where he had participated in a local apartment complex confrontation, and had fired a mini 14 into the apartment of someone one of his buddies had a quarrel with. This was toward the end of the confrontation, not to start out with. He didn't kill or hit anyone, but he's probably still in jail for doing that.
I have no idea why he changed so radically and so quickly, but he fell among the wrong crowd somewhere along the line.
Not saying this has anything to do with the Sea Cadets. Stay away from scumbags.
Les
