Rap music is a big part of today's American society, and is the most popular music genre of today. So it is easy to say that it has major influences on the youth of today's generations. Now the controversial question is whether the influence is a good or bad one. Sure today’s rappers rap about the “rags to riches” and the fame and glory they get for being rappers, which could be motivational for some. But for the most part rappers rap about all the drugs, violence, and sexual intercourse they have
the fact that they have been allowing minors to check out books that contain explicit material. I agree with the outraged townspeople due to the fact that I believe that if you expose children to explicit material or language, I feel that it can influence the child in a negative way. This could potentially alter the child's behavior in a negative manner. I also feel that the parent of a child should be able to decide what their child is or is not allowed to check out and read. I feel that everything
present for a trip to the amusement park. All those who have left a mark on us, we remember. Except we often neglect to acknowledge one of our most frequent and favored influences. In America, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who did not grow up watching TV. We all have been raised by the TV, but the implications of its influence vary greatly. I was lucky enough to have a lenient mother who did not censor what I could watch; not that my mom had much of a choice on what I
on young girls desired body shape and body esteem (Dittmar, Helga et al 1). According to National Eating Disorders Association, Sixty-nine percent of the American elementary school girls who read magazines say that the pictures of the magazines influence their concept of the ideal body shape and forty-seven percent say the pictures make them want to lose weight (“National Eating Disorders
for many young girls for decades. Some girls do not see Barbie as a role model, some see Barbie as a role model in different jobs and activities, and some see Barbie as a role model for appearance. While there are different opinions about Barbie’s influence on appearance, many young girls are affected by Barbie’s unrealistic body expectations. Different views and opinions are discussed throughout CNN’s article, written by Emanuella Grinberg, Why it Matters What Barbie Looks Like. Many people, including
and small state that joined needed to be in the right place to find an economic, political, and cultural balance that would allow such a network to be a positive influence. The emerging global commercial network had positive influences on China and Africa, but in the beginning the unwanted growth of this network had a more negative influence on these two regions. The opinions of the ordinary citizens as well as the emperors in China had very similar mentalities against merchants and the expansion
In the novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, Santiago learns, “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.” First, good came after bad. Next, Santiago helps people who eventually help him. Last, important lessons make Santiago become a better person. First, good came after bad. For example, while Santiago is at Tarifa after he is robbed, he meets a crystal merchant who allows him to clean his shop, which results in him getting a job there. “‘When they
Influence of Social Media Nowadays, social media has a big influence in our society. Who is didn’t use social media? Almost everyone use Social Media. Indonesia ranked 6th as the most Social Media users. After China, US, India, Brazil, and Japan. Our teenagers are so active in social media. Maybe they could be online in social media almost 24-hours per-day. But there’s a good and bad effects of social media. So, there’s some of bad and good effects of social media that we will discuss here. People
Why are bad words bad? It’s a question no one has the answer to. Ask someone and the only response you will get is “because they just are.” Yes yes, but why? Simply put, it’s because swear words are strong. Human conversation fundamentally needs different levels of emphasis to be able to differentiate between the good and the great, the funny and the hilarious, the bad and the horrible, et cetera. A word’s intensity or power is directly inverse to how frequently the word is used. As you ascend the
Hip Hop music is bad influence. Why? Because the lyrics are either involving constant cursing, contain violence, or describes women as if they were only a sexual object to be used, not appreciated and loved, or has it all in one like a special “all in one” you find at a store. All these influences take a toll on the listeners’ minds, some trigger rage or vengeance and others lust and desire. And these can lead to serious consequences that show in the listeners’ reactions to particular situations
Do people deserve second chances? We need to learn from what we did wrong and remember to not repeat them again. From this we can look back and reflect and analyze the consequences then seperate what is right and what is wrong. In the story “The first stone” by Don Aker, the protagonist named Reef decides to throw a stone at a windshield of a car that eventually puts an innocent girl named Leeza in a terrible condition. After the news are spread around, Reef must undergo the consequences. His
Alcoholic, Irresponsible, and manipulative. These traits are of Dale who was a large influence, but a bad one at that. These traits unfortunately reflect on the other characters within the book "Striking out" by Will Weaver. In this book the main characters including Billy Baggs, Heather, and Gina are all poorly influenced by a antagonistic person, Dale Schwartz, who was not once a good influence to anyone within the story. Firstly Dale is being his irresponsible self who never thinks of the consequences
children believe and it might be bad influence. Others think that is nonsense of obliterating, West says” They don't see it as fantasy” he said.“They see it as real. A small group of Americans can't accept fantasy that way. They really do care [about the book's impact], so they go against others' legal rights” is absurd to takDunne, mentions parents, school board, and politics have been arguing about how fantasy can confuse the children believe and it might be bad influence. Others think that is nonsense
What do you usually expect when you hear someone was raised in the bad part of town with a single mother? Although there can be many bad influences around you, there is still hope that you can take a different path and become successful. In fact, Ben Carson is a mighty man who despite all his challenges growing up, became a successful neurosurgeon by being well raised and intelligent. Ben Carson’s mother although being uneducated herself, still pushed her sons to do well in school. She dropped
comfortable home is extremely important. Unsafe homes often expose kids to bad habits and behavior. Unfortunately, John has been exposed to abusive drinking and behavior his whole life. It has become his normal, he and his family, all alcoholics. John even discloses that, “Bore got a big kick out of it when I was ten years old and I’d go around emptying all the beer glasses lying around the house” (Zindel 94). Of course, kids see bad things everywhere, but when a
An example of a change of both bad and good would be Peter. He suffered a permanent head injury inflicted upon by Cole. He, after the event changed perspective towards hopelessness and despair, eventually trying to end his own life. Peter would have ended up successfully committing suicide, if not for Cole healing Peter. When Peter was at the island, he at first rejected Cole, and saw him through the eyes of an enemy. Peter showed signs of oppression, not “wanting to get used to it.. [not] wanting
get more homework you get. But what they don't know is that there's a really high percentage of students that take more time on their phones because of being on social media then actually getting some of their homework/work studies done. It's a bad influence because they are too busy on other stuff then there studies and that causes a misguidance on their studies. As many parents can see there a high percentage of kids that are so lazy. They prefer being at home on their laptops and electronics
Buy Nothing Day The first ever Buy Nothing Day was held in Canada on 1992. Buy Nothing Day was organized as a day where no goods would be purchased, and as a result of this boycott of goods it would raise awareness of the ethical and environmental implications of overconsumption. This is a great and innovative idea that gives publicity to a neglected issue, which is the implications of overconsumption. Nowadays people do not realize how much damage overconsumption actually does to our world. They
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” This quote by Roy T. bennett perfectly sums up Juniors journey in the book at the beginning of the book he is scared and shy,but after talking with Mr.P he gets the courage to do what he thinks is best for him, go to reardan there he thinks he is going to fail because he is a indian but, he pulls through and even makes it onto the basketball team doing things he never thought
The Old Willis Place is believable because there is round characters, dynamic characters, and a common setting. You would want to read this book because it has an important message inside. The message is to always follow the rules, and if you don’t bad things will happen. It teaches you why