attending school as soon as they felt they were old enough to bring in money to the home.
             In elementary school, Al did very well bringing home mostly A's and B's on his report cards. At the age of 12 or so his grades started deteriorating quickly and he started to learn lessons on what the criminal empire could be about and he learned these lessons off the streets of his neighborhood. Many 12 or 13 year old boys at that time were earning pocket money by running errands for others, Al fell under the wings of a pioneer in the development of the modern criminal world, his name was Johnny Torrio.
             In Brooklyn at that time, the immigrants mostly ran in gangs (Jewish, Italian, etc.). John Kobler said it best in his book called The Life and World of Al Capone; he said, "...the street gang was escape. The street gang was freedom. The street gang offered outlets for stifled young energies. The agencies that might have kept boys off the street, the schools and churches, lacked the means to do so. Led by some older, forceful boys, they pursued the thrills of shared adventure of horseplay, exploration, gambling, pilfering, vandalism, sneaking a smoke or alcohol, secret ritual, smut sessions, fighting rival gangs." There was absolutely an interest in the world for Al but he was caught for a while in between the parents' guidance and the 'other' world. Eventually, as Al turned 18 or so, he turned for the 'other' world.
             Years after running errands and gaining the trust for Torrio, who seem to be involved discreetly in the criminal world, he met a man who was nothing like that character, his name was Frankie Yale. Capone eventually went to work as a bartender for a bar Yale opened up, he was given the position because Torrio was a friend of Yales and recommended Capone for the job. He was employed there for a few years where he learned even more lessons on how to build a criminal e...