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people like 50 Cents, P Diddy, George Clooney <snip> Paris Hilton. Look at the people who are admired in this country, it is sickening. They are brainless, and talentless.
admired by whome?
I am only 14 years old, I could say about 70% of my peers admire these schmucks.
Look.. You are forced into school 9-5,
People in school 9-5, generally are going to be sick of all those hours in school and not want to pick up a textbook outside of school... If anything, school kills off interests.
So more mature kids will watch TV, maybe get some useful interest.
And immature ones will rebel by listening to idiots.
These same idiots will suddenly drop the whole facade when they have to get a job.
I once lived in a house and both sides were a similar story.
I have always been quite mature in personality, and haven't changed much.. I saw my 2 neighbour's kids go through incredible character transformations..
On one side, he used to spend all his time in the garden running around kicking a ball around playing football, jumping on a trampoline... Then he grows taller is in secondary school, and starts going around outside spraying graffiti everywhere.. pretending to be drunk. Listening to rap music.
Conning people in small ways so he never had to pay for anything, his friends paid(he was smart like that). I thought that when he was older he would end up in prison for tax evasion..
He was completely aimless. They he got a job.. and another job, and another, and finally settled into a basic job. Doesn't earn much but he is content, he has learnt to be content and that helped him. He is now married and has a child. He is probably barely 20. He would not admire rappers. If he did he wouldn't have a job. But these people get jobs.
immature kids don't stay immature kids.
It's true that kids with bad personalities can retain their bad personalities.. But they don't behave like rappers. If they did they'd be sacked.
Now, the other old neighbour..
Also a kid that messed around had many character transformations
But he grew up fast.. They grow up and take on responsibility faster than mature kids!!
I was speaking to one of my friends, I said "remember that little boy that wore the huge nappy and watched us playing tennis?" He says "yeah".
I said "Remember that guy with the beard selling crack " He says "yeah"
And the short guy with the vest that looked quite tough standing like a guard near the wall during some commotion... He says "yeah"
I said "same guy". And now that kid/guy is married.
My friend's jaw dropped.
So, you really don't have to worry about kids being influenced by rappers.
These immature kids don't stay on one thing for long.
They are a strange breed.
These kids drop out of school at 16, go through some transformations, get a job they are comfortable with, and grow up like a normal person.
It's impossible to imagine, but it's true. Strange, but true. So don't worry about them!
They're certainly not intellectuals, but you don't need to be in this world.. and in some ways it helps not to be!