Complex sentence: Gigante graduated from Public School 3 in West Village, Manhattan and later attended Textile High school, but at the age of sixteen, in Grade 9 dropped out to pursue a career as a professional boxer and work in a number of blue collar occupations.
Split into simpler sentences: Gigante graduated from Public School 3 in West Village, Manhattan and later attended Textile High school. At the age of sixteen, in Grade 9, he dropped out to pursue a career as a professional boxer and work in a number of blue collar occupations.