Raised in the Hood

Unlike most of my peers at DeMatha, I grew up going to public schools. I graduated from Samuel Ogle Middle School, in Bowie Maryland and I know the hard life. Compared to some of these other schools, entering Ogle was like entering a prison. There was all sorts of graffiti in the bathrooms, hoodlums doing crimes, and no one wore any prissy uniforms. I happened to graduate with Principals Honors and there weren't even eighth grade graduations. None at all. The experiences at Ogle have, I think, made me tougher than most of the other guys at my school.