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what is wrong with our youth?
I think this is so sad and fully intend to teach jackson all I know about good music...or at least introduce him to everything at least once.
Re: what is wrong with our youth?
Ah, the cry of adults from every generations ever.
Their parents probably didn't grow up listening to the Beatles or Wings, so why would they know?
I thought you were going to post about this:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/horrible-reactions-to-chris-brown-at-the-grammys
Those physical responses physically make me ill - because I've heard them from my students too.
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That makes me want to cry. I grew up listening to all kinds of music and still do.
My Dh on the other hand did not grow up with music he grew up with news and discovery channel. When we first got together he had heard about the Beatles but didn't know any songs. He does now because of me.
In 2009 we got to see Paul McCartney and it was AMAZING, but periodically Dh would lean over and ask is this a Beatles or a solo career song. Afterward he went on a Beatles kick and says he wishes now that he knew more when we saw him.
The Paul McCartney ones made me snicker/cry.
The Chris Brown ones make me want to throw up.
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This.
What's extra sad to me is these aren't isolated feelings. I have otherwise intelligent, vibrant 9th graders who are in LOVE with Chris Brown. This pretty much summed up my feelings on the matter.
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As sad as I am about the Paul McCartney comments, the Chris Brown comments are just appalling.
Dear God please let me teach my daughter to have more self respect than that.
Exactly what I was thinking. When I have children I hope I can teach them about great music AND self-respect.
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
Your daughter will be awesome because you recognize how messed up the whole Chris Brown thing is.
This exactly. My Goodness.
I think this sums up my reaction to both.
Chris Brown is a very sick man. He went to therapy for awhile and needs more therapy. I don't think the the Grammy's are ignoring what happened, the Grammy's are about music not politics. I do not agree with what he did, I also know that he grew up in terrible household and he has issues. I don't blame Rihanna for not wanting to be a spokesperson for domestic abuse, it is an incredibly hard thing to talk about. If you are against spousal abuse then you should stop watching Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen. The fact is the one thing that you can do is it teach you daughters and sons that this is not okay and what both physical and verbal abuse look like.
I know that my views are different, and probably not popular, but that is okay. I have put a lot of thought into it.
FWIW, I've long since boycotted Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen (among others - I also dislike Byron too - I have a long history of being turned off by asses). What bothers me is how the incident was treated by the media - where people were bullied into saying platitudes about "they're both great people", when, by refusing to take a stand, they become complicit in the culture of silence around the abuse. Rihanna doesn't need to take up the crusade, but I sure as hell wish more people had spoken out about it. When one in four girls is abused BEFORE the age of 18, I definitely have issues when I hear my 15 year old students say, "he's hot, so it's okay. I'd let him hit me." Do I think that means their parents are doing a bad job? No. But I think adults forget how little they let their own parents into their lives at this age. At 15, their world view is inherently formed by their friends and what they see in the media. But, if the Grammys are really about the art, I still question why they brought Brown on. He's talentless too, IMHO.
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