Being A Gangster Wannabe Is Dumb

    You know what I hate? Kids trying to act like gangsters. It's absolutely ridiculous. Wearing your pants in a stupid way and smoking pot isn't going to get you anywhere, guys. Seriously. So why would anyone want to act "gangsta?'" I dunno. Maybe these kids are trying to get some attention by being stupid. Maybe they think it's cool. Maybe their parents are involved in gang-related activities. But, once again, being a sphincter isn't going to get you a job.

     This paragraph and on is a sort of letter to the gangster wannabes: My first statement is that gangsters tend to get themselves into prison. Why would you kids want to get thrown into jail? It's a mean place in there. There are a lot of bad people in jail, and I don't think that you boys and girls deserve to be in there. All kids are innocent, but if you commit a crime, it's all downhill from there, unless you work extremely hard to get yourself on the right path again.

     Second: Gangsters usually get addicted to horribly, extremely, terribly harmful drugs. You'll ruin your body AND mind if you do drugs. Drugs kill. Period.

    Third-And most important: Gangsters kill innocent people. Killing someone is unforgivable. Let me explain further: killing isn't swag; killing isn't dope; killing isn't baller. Killing is disgusting, it's despicable, it's evil. I'm not assuming that any of you kids want to kill anyone at all, I'm just saying that killing someone is a terrible thing to do. In fact it's more than terrible, like I said, it's evil and it goes way beyond that, too. I'll give you the benefit-of-the-doubt and say that you didn't realize that the gangster lifestyle goes this deep, but it does. I'm sure that everyone has seen at least one news story in which an innocent boy or girl gets shot in a drive-by or the like. It's so depressing. Kids getting hurt, or even killed, in these ridiculous situations? No. No way. Why do these types of things even exist? This should be stopped, ASAP.

     So, even if you look up to gangsters and think they're cool, they're not. Maybe at some point in their lives, they slipped up and fell in with the bad guys. Don't ever let that happen to you. Get help. Go to a school counselor. Go to a teacher. Go to a police officer. Go to a family member. I'm sure there will always be someone willing to help you. If you're trying to fit in with your friends, don't hang out with them anymore. If you want to be a gangster for petty reasons, just stop. All you're going to do is get yourself in trouble, either at home or somewhere else. 

     Sorry if this post was out of the blue. I know that I usually blog about lighthearted things, but this is a big problem at my school, and I just wanted to address it. Thanks for reading.