The Kid from the South Bronx Who Never Gave Up

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John Giordano. The Kid from the South Bronx Who Never Gave Up

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To my wife Michele for all her support. To Jenna my daughter for helping me with this book my son Amaron and daughter Athena for helping me remember some of the history of my life. I would like to thank Manny Savaadra for his input. I would like to thank the God of my understanding for giving me the strength and courage to finish this book.

“HERE IS MY ROAD MAP FOR POSITIVE CHANGE’

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I was always getting picked on and I was tired of it, but, I was just too scared to do anything about it. Then one day, enough was enough. I had gone through another round with the neighborhood kids and came out the worst for it. I had to find a way to beat them. I had to at least try because I could not go through this anymore, I just wanted to die. It so happened that while I was watching TV, I saw the Keystone cops fighting. It was an old-time television show, and in this show, they would move so fast that no one could stop them while they were fighting. I thought they were cool. I said to myself, if I can move fast like that, no one will be able to stop me either.

The next day, while I was outside playing by myself, one of the kids started teasing me again and pushed me around. I moved quick and kept swinging at him until he fell to the ground, begging me to stop. I felt a sense of both power and relief that I had never felt before. I swore to myself that no one would ever pick on me again and get away with it. My poor grandmother and mother were always pulling me out of fights daily as I fought every kid in the neighborhood that ever picked on me and made them cry.

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