Talking with some kids last night between the ages of 12 and 17 and their outlook on life is so low!! At the same time the fear in their eyes is so obvious. They want more they truly do! They just dont see how its going to happen therefore they hide behind the I dont care if I live or die front. Im not glorifying the street let me make this clear before I continue. When I was growing up and even to this day I knew those guys that were truly hard dudes!! They will go there without hesitation , not a bunch of talking. But with all do respect these kids are not those dudes! These kids are really lost. I dont mean in the sense of not understanding what they are getting into. But lost in the sense wanting to have someone to lead them. When you ask kids how old are they best friends and 12, 13 and 14 year old kids are stating their best friends age is between 21 and 25 thats a problem. You dont have to be a genius to figure that out. When we were growing up your best friends for the most part was your age. When I was 12 years old a guy 21 was what we called a old-head /mentor!! These kids are very smart and dont have the desire to attend school. Because of their lack of effort and attendance their test scores will deem them slow, dumb and not intelligent. I have these kids work on a site called Kahn Academy(please tell any kid you know about this site) and many of them know math and the principles. Some that are failing miserably in school do the work so easy it really is frustrating because they have set an image that many think they are not capable. But they are struggling tremendously with being a fake tough guy fake gangster or a guy who is a good student. They really want more!! My Pop Pop told me years ago some people are afraid of success and at the time that really sounded stupid. Yea , he was right!! These kids are living in a world with so much opportunity and are living in fear of succeeding. I ask , is the fear of success as strong as the fear of failure? Have a safe and great day, love yall!!!
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:43:01 +0000
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