Section CGrowing up can be hard 11where crime is common.Thatis the situation Marco Antonio Aguilar 12 when he started at Garfield High School in LosAngeles,California.The boy hated 13 .He says he had the14,often missed classes and even got into fights."15the teachers that I receiving,knowing that theydid care about me,the school did really help me,"Aguilar recalls.