Predestined for Reformation: My Lifelong Quest for the Noble Path - Hardcover

Roletti, T. B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0595897681 ISBN 13: 9780595897681

Publisher: iUniverse, 2007

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Tony Roletti spent the first few years of his life watching his mother punch, kick, and beat his two older sisters with regularity. Gobs of the girls? hair could be found in heaps on the floor following many of his mother?s tirades. By the time his teenage sisters escaped from the family home, Tony was barely nine years old. The void created by their departure marked the beginning of his own period of torment, which lasted until he escaped the day following his high school graduation. Tony was largely feral when he stepped into the outside world. At 18, he was devoid of social graces and had missed a significant portion of what the educational system had offered him. His attention during the previous nine years had been consumed by hostility - hostility that often escalated into vandalism when his meager attempts at anger management failed. It would take several years and a couple of jail sentences before Tony made the necessary behavioral adjustments that allowed him to conduct a normal-appearing life. By the time he was 28, Tony was the lead government sociologist for research and evaluation for Project Head Start in Los Angeles County. During this time, he published his first book and served as a part-time member of the sociology faculty at the California State College at Los Angeles. Though his life now appeared to be heading in the right direction, the scars of his youth were apparent to the trained observer. He always viewed authority figures with suspicion and disdain. Even though he would go on to achieve significant professional success and gain substantial personal wealth, he would never develop an ability to function effectively in team-oriented settings, a short-coming that placed severe limitations on his career choices.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0595897681
• ISBN 13: 9780595897681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264