William Campos:  

Life I grew up in East LA and moved to South Central to live with my Dad at 13. Went to Bret Harte on 92nd and Hoover and graduated in 1966. Went on to Fremont and wasted no time getting in gang related activity and was asked to leave LA City schools in October 66. Wound up at Inglewood Hi and for the next 18 months, had the best time of my life going to school. NO gangs, no fights, no teachers hating. Meet some great friends and saw the most beautiful high school girls in the world.. Unfortunately, my brother moved out of Ingelwood in 67 and the school found out. Inglewood Hi asked me to leave. Jumped opver to Lennox HI and again meet some cool people. A little more rowdy and crazy but still good people. I was working to pay my rent up on 116th st. so much that I fell behind in school. Lived with a friend from Morningside Hi, Steve Brockmole in that little apartment and had a good time until I was again, asked to leave Lennox HI for not showing up for class, not getting my homework in and just not getting it done. IN looking back, I don't feel like I got treated bad by the schools, they were just trying to protect the other students. I had nobody to support me so I could stay in school, so I just stoped going (trying). Well I drifted from place to place, job to job for the next couple of years and then the big hand of Uncle Sam came calling on me. Didn'...Expand for more