from vandal to artist\njeff castillo, 10, had...

from vandal to artist\njeff castillo, 10, had serious discipline problems a few years ago. he did not control his behavior in or out of school. thinking back, he shakes his head. \i am not proud of that phase of my life,\ he says. \my mom used to say my friends were a bad influence. i think i was the bad influence. if i hadnt turned things around, who knows what would have happened?\\njeff had been a \tagger.\ he spray - painted his personal signature on every available wall or surface. sometimes taggers use shoe polish instead of paint. other times they use their keys or other sharp objects to carve their signatures into glass or wood. this type of crime doesnt usually cause pain to another person. however, it can cost people a lot of money to replace their ruined items or repaint their walls. these vandals are not often caught. its very hard to report them when there is little evidence to use against them. usually the people who have had their businesses and homes tagged are stuck paying the whole bill.\n2: does the author of this text think of graffiti as \real\ art? why? give two details from the text to support your answer.\ntype your answer.\nview scoring rubric\n2 of 2

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# Brief Explanations: The text doesn't explicitly state the author's view on graffiti as "real" art. However, we can infer from the description of Jeff's past as a tagger (which is often considered vandalism) and no positive - art - related statements about graffiti that the author likely does not consider it "real" art. One detail is that taggers' actions are described as a type of crime. Another is that the focus is on the negative impacts like the cost to repair ruined items and walls. # Answer: No. Detail 1: Taggers' actions are described as a type of crime. Detail 2: Focus on the negative impacts like repair costs.