For the most part I do agree with this article. I hope that I am not one that tires to reflect the ghetto lifestyle and reach to live my life outside of that now modern norm. I do think that may kids get excited about this type of life because of the high media glorifications that we are bombarded with. If you drop out of high school, sell drugs, carry guns, you might be able to get into music and make millions of dollars for doing illegal things. This to me is just not right and I often wonder where Americans values really are. Teachers, police officers, fireman, EMT workers, all seem to be careers that have the biggest impact on lives but still get paid the least. America is too infatuated with sports athletes, celebrities, or any other unworthy icon. We need to rethink our value system seriously.
A lot of these essays we have read in class make me grateful for the value system that my parents instilled in me. I agree with you that our society seems to have backward values. Media seems to be playing a bigger and bigger role in those values all the time, and that's sad.
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