[Portcall24]

So if he was so exceptional why do the photos show him with body language of contempt and flashing a gang sign?

[yldstrk]

1 of 5 photos show him doing that, to them it is the same as flipping the bird.

[Vermont Lt]

Because every kid his age, from that environment does that. I am a sports team photographer. I deal with schools in urban and suburban areas. I deal with kids who are clearly college bound, and kids who are not.

You would be surprised how many lilly-white kids from the burbs pose like that. It is ingrained in the culture.

I would not put my credence in the assumption that “good kids” don’t pose that way. They do.

I don’t know this particular kid. I have no idea of his history. But don’t judge the book by this cover.