I Was a Member of the Kung Fu Crew People dress differently depending on culture and life style. In this story, the author is trying to say, people adopt new things and quit old ones but people do not really change. A guy who grew up in a ghetto town and member of the kung fu crew used to dress a little strange and had long hair. He went to a college and identified as a punk and a nerd because of his kung fu style. But in college, kung fu crew students were not the only ones dressed strange. There were immigrant students who had uncombed hair and crooked teeth. There were also punks with highlighted hair who cut school. Over the years, students were changing their old style into the new style. They were changing their hair style, clothes, even food. The kung fu crew student, who changed his life style and lived far away from Chinatown, did not change his feelings about home. And his friends always belonged to the small ghetto Chinatown. Occasionally, I follow fashion trends but I have my own style. I usually dress the way I want to. Style usually provides teenagers a sense of identity by signaling which group they belong to: punk, gang, and other ones. Students used to compete with their grades when I was in school. Because schools provided uniforms for all students, it made everybody equal. Right now, most high school and college student are obsessed about new styles and compete with each other even though it does not suit