How was the Wes Moore who goes to jail educated by life on the streets selling drugs in The Other Wes Moore?

Wes began selling drugs because he thought it was an easy way to make money. After Wes leaves high school, he is basically unemployable and steps up his efforts to make money selling drugs. He learns to organize his crew and delegate tasks; he is effectively in a management position. He learned the importance of the bond between the crew members, as they needed to trust each other in order to avoid being caught or losing members to another crew. He learned the value of time management. In addition, he quickly learned that dealing and violence were thoroughly intertwined, and he began to accept violence as a way of life. That attitude accelerated when he obtained a gun and first used it in a shootout with Ray. He also learned that there were severe consequences for not meeting one’s obligations; when his mother flushed his stash of drugs, he had to increase his dealing to come up with money to make up for the losses.