It is bad to be in a gang.
Pete has nothing to do after school when his parents aren't home from work.
Pete wants friends to hang out with.
Pete joins the robotics club at school and meets other boys his age.
Pete joins a gang of young hoodlums that hang around his house.
Pete learns more math and science and his grades go up.
Pete has to go to jail when the gang gets in a fight with a rival gang.