Whew! I survived another lock-in with the wonderful young ladies of AGU. This time they were pretty off the chain. It was over 70 girls and they had so much energy! There was a live DJ and the girls hit the dance floor hard. After doing the stanky leg (yes I joined in!) It was time for the workshops to begin. I am always amazed at what is on the minds of these young girls. They take in everything. It's like they are just now talking about things that were in the media months ago. We started with talking about what artists they like to listen to and who they don't like. Well, they still like Drake (no offense but can we get some new artists!) They hate Chris Brown. They told me they can't stand Chris Brown and they don't want to hear his music because they don't like the way he treats women. We didn't stay on that topic too long because they seemed to have been repeating what they heard. They didn't really know what happened. (The workshop was not on domestic violence) They also talked about Kanye West and how they didn't like what he did to Taylor Swift. They informed me that Taylor Swift has a line in her song now that says she hopes your kid doesn't grow up to be line Kanye. (I haven't heard about that). They were passionate though. We talked about the women in the videos and how they dressed. They thought these women in the videos were disgusting and had low self-esteem. None of the girls had any interest in being in a music video (surprising, but good to know). There was one girl who just said she wanted to be famous. So I asked her, "What does that mean?" She says, "You know, I want people to know who I am." So I asked, "Why?". She says, "Famous people have fun. I want to be on TV. I just want to be known." So I asked, "Known for what?" That stomped her and she got frustrated so I let he off the spot and asked everyone in the room who else wanted to be famous and everyone raised their hands. So I said, "Ok, if everyone was famous, then what? Who will be the fans?" They looked confused and said they didn't think about that. I told them there are a lot of idiots on TV that a lot of people know and don't care anything about. It's ok to want to be known but think about what you want to be known for. (These girls are not alone. There are a lot of adults out there wanting the same thing...
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