A conservative teacher’s observations of today’s youth.
Excerpt
Chapter One
Pimps and Hos (Bitches)
Ok so I really need to explain this one. If you are a kid or maybe if you are under twenty one or work in the Hip Hop industry you already know what I’m talking about when I refer to Pimps and Hos. If you do not fall into this category sit back and read up. Although you may not be really sure what a Ho is even if you are familiar with what happened to poor Don Imus, I would bet you are familiar with what a Pimp is. By the way, just for information someone needs to tell the most Reverend Al Sharpton, crucifixions were supposed to take place a week earlier not the week after Easter. Sorry to veer away from the subject for a second but the good Reverend Sharpton may want to read up on this chapter as well, maybe after actually reading Christ’s message in a little known book I like to call the Bible.
A Ho is a slang term which today can be used in a variety of ways by Generation XXX. Hos usually accompany pimps but not the pimps you and I would think of. These are not actually guys who manage hookers and take a cut from women who turn tricks for money. A pimp today is more like what we might refer to as a playboy, a guy who gets a lot of girls, a lot of tail, a lot of the TNA. If you don’t know what TNA is ask your kid but don’t expect to like the answer. You see a pimp is actually something to aspire to today. It is a goal to be reached, a crescendo of manhood. Society today in this XXX MTV generation expects boys to give it to as many girls as possible and if he can do more than one at a time then he is an even bigger pimp and gets a standing ovation. You see the hip hop culture prevalent in today’s society and portrayed throughout the media has convinced our kids that promiscuity is a good thing, something that everyone does and the more bitches and you get the more manly you are.
Don’t believe me? Look at popular shows such as MTV’s Pimp My Ride. A program about taking a normal average automobile and “tricking it out” to it is flashy. The idea is to take something that is normal and make it “pimptastic” which to those of us who remember the 70s basically means making it look like something Huggy Bear might have driven on Starsky and Hutch.
No doubt there are many adults out there who really just don’t get the title of this show, other than members of Generation XXX, who would have guessed that pimping something out meant to make it flashy for the purpose of attracting the babes. Even though this has nothing to do with prostitution it has everything to do with free love and viewing women as sexual status symbols. Get the car, get it pimped out, then you get the babes and the more babes you get and the hotter and trashier they are the more of a pimp you become. Face it, our culture has been taken over by this new pimp way of life. For our kids anyways it has replaced just about everything traditional and pure.
If you don’t believe the pimp lifestyle has taken over just look at the fashion industry with clothing lines such as Beverly Hills Pimps and Hos. We’ll talk more about clothes later but just for fun go Google the clothing line and check out the web page. Just don’t be surprised too much by the sleazy looking guys and the women dressed in their finest slutwear with come do me looks on their faces. The examples of clothing you will find on the site are just a small part of what is acceptable for pimps and hos to wear and what they wear says everything about the lifestyle and values of such people.
You see, a pimp is flashy and has absolutely no respect for women as people. Like previous generations once said of men who could not control themselves, a pimp does any girl with a hole and a heart beat. Sorry, not my saying, just a phrase that has been used throughout the ages in Maledom. Instead of society looking at such a guy as sleazy with some definite problems and the girls hanging around him as sluts, today they are all to be admired. Face it, these people are the role models for today’s youth. Where once the likes of Jackie Robinson, Joe Montana, and Lou Gehrig were role models for kids they have now been replaced with Snoop Dog, R. Kelly and Ludacris, men who treat women as trophies and pure objects of sexual gratification.
Oh, what a happy day. Who in the hell needs examples like a guy who silently fought racism and became one of the best ball players in the Major Leagues? Who wants there kids to emulate a guy who had a debilitating disease and fought through it? Who wants to look up to a guy like Joe Montana who was not only a great sports star but a family man? WHAT? These aren’t role models for our kids. These definitely are not pimps. After all, if they were pimps where were their hos? Do we really want non-pimp, hard working guys influencing our kids’ lives? No!!! Bring on the guys who encourage our kids to smoke out every chance they get. Bring on the guys like R. Kelly, who urinate on women and slap them around with their pimp cash while providing video evidence. These are the role models of today.
Let me reiterate, a pimp is a guy who does as little legitimate work as possible, smokes a lot of pot and has a lot of bitches at his disposal. Likewise, a ho is a woman who gets around, who actively looks for guys to “hook up with” and is open about being easy. Where once such a woman would have been seen as a slut, a skank, or even, a hoochie, they are now on the verge of taking over womanhood, if not now at least in the coming generations. It is now becoming socially acceptable and even expected for women to sleep with as many men as possible. The only time it is now negative to be a ho is if the term is used by one female regarding another. Usually one girls calls another a ho because one was messing around with the other’s man which usually means a fight is coming. If a man or a more likely a boy calls a girl a ho or says she is easy she may blush a little and shyly say, “No I’m not,” with a big smile that really says yes I am and I like it. It is even scarier when girls openly cop to being easy and freely admit they love sex as long as the guy turns them on. But I digress.
What father does not want his little girl growing up to be a bitch or a ho? Picture it, spring break two thousand something, your daughter comes home from college, puts her arm around Mom and Dad, or nowadays maybe Mom and Mom or Dad and Dad, and one parent asks hopefully, “So sweetie, tell me ‘bout all the pimps you be banging lately.” Ah what a Hallmark moment. Maybe like me you only have sons and no doubt when you look at them sleeping in their cribs you think like many mothers and fathers. Someday my son will bang a whole lot of hos, smoke pot till he can’t stand up, drive a real pussy magnet, and live in a gangsta crib. Wouldn’t that just be the shit?! By the way “the shit” is a term used by today’s kids like other generations used to say golly, groovy, or cool, but that will be discussed in a later chapter.
Now if you can’t figure out that I am laying on the sarcasm pretty thick, maybe you watch too much MTV or reality television. What ever happened to real idols for children? What happened to parents who actually steered their kids in the direction of people who live their lives by some kind of standards? Although the media generally ignores this kind of person they still are with us in today’s society. They may not be perfect people but they have qualities which inspire others to work hard and achieve the very best, if not the best out of all the competition at least the best of themselves.
Although many conservative commentators may not pay much attention or even value the world of sport, it is very true the world of sport is full of potential role models. Again, they may be lacking in some area of their lives and they may make the occasional mistake; but there are athletes who even adults can learn from. In the world of professional sports, which all too often takes after or is shaped by generation XXX, there are diamonds to be found in the rough. Take for instance a humble but inspiring man known quite often only as LT. Ladanian Tomlinson is a man I would not mind my sons looking up to. I know there may come a day when some of LT’s personal indiscretions are brought to light by our glorious paparazzi, but if and when this happens it maybe a chance to teach a lesson about mistakes and personal choices. Nevertheless, LT is the epitome of what a professional athlete should be. As of this writing LT is the current NFL rushing champion and holds the NFL record for most touchdowns in a season. To see him on the field is awesome. Some in the media, and definitely Marty Schottenheimer, suggest he may be the best running back the NFL has ever seen. After all the records, all the media attention, and all the accolades from peers and fans alike, who does LT prefer to give the credit to? His teammates; he chooses to praise the often overlooked but very necessary linemen who break their bodies to open holes for him to run through. Here’s a man who in a world of me, me, me not only gives credit to others but deflects praise from himself.
Obviously LT has worked very hard to be where he is today, in and of itself a quality to be admired. Not only is he athletically gifted and a hard worker but he is a man who has an education. Holding a degree from Texas Christian, Ladanian is also an educational role model for kids. But as successful and as wealthy as he must be, he is not widely held to be a pimp. As a matter of fact, I would venture to say outside of fans and kids who play football, he is not a role model for today’s generation. Of course I don’t know what he does in his free time but I do know that LT does not openly condone smoking out or putting pot leaves on his uniform for all the little kids to see. I know he doesn’t take pictures in public with his entourage of hos and he is not featured in common newsstand magazines with his latest bitch every other month. He is just a guy who is damn good at his job, who does it with pride and passion.
Maybe I’m just absolutely insane but personally I want an educated humble guy who works hard to find success to be a role model for my kids. I must be insane because I am still surprised when a car pulls up next to me at a red light driven by an adult whom I assume is the parent of the five or six year old in one seat, and the infant in the car seat. Meanwhile the car stereo bumps a raunchy beat and the following lyrics emanate from within;
So all my bitches and my niggaz and my niggaz and my bitches
Wave your motherfuckin hands in the air
And if you don’t give a shit
Like we don’t give a shit
Wave your motherfuckin fingers in the air
-From Snoop Dog’s, For All My Niggaz & Bitches
Of course the bitches and hos are not offended by this song or any lyrics like it, after all, a ho is valued according to whatever pimp she is currently doing. She is valued by how hard she is, how much she tells those in authority to F*&^ off. Strangely enough she is also valued by how much pleasure she gives to all the boys. After all a girl who tries to remain virtuous or is shy around boys is a prude. Many school officials such as teachers and psychologists might even say she is withdrawn and has issues associating with her peers. No doubt a short visit with her guidance counselor may result in talking her into showing more cleavage and uncrossing her legs before being sent out the door with a map to the nearest abortion clinic. Now if a girl is a little more into boys and has the audacity to date a boy and even kiss him goodnight, without letting it get all the way to intercourse, then she is simply known as a cock tease. Such a girl is the most reprehensible type of female of our time. After all, aren’t the biotches merely here to serve the pimps? Just check out some of the programming on MTV or on hip hop fashion web sites. Females are willfully dressing as porn stars and openly talking about how easy they are. Proud to be what we used to call a slut, she embraces her inner whore and becomes a playground for the benefit of aspiring Larry Flints.
Speaking of ho wear, I challenge you to check out some of the current fashions in the world today and see for yourself the glory of bitches and hos, pimps and gangstas. I love when a kid walks down the hall at school with a shirt that says “Pimp”. Sure it violates dress code, maybe, but you just have to wonder, WHO THE HELL BOUGHT THAT FOR THE KID?!?! I also like shirts such as the ones promoting kids as future porn stars or ones that girls wear saying, “I may be cute but I’m a real Bitch.” Or the one that says, “I’m a Virgin….Not!” Yes, the future sure is bright; there are many future beeotches and pimps growing up today who no doubt will sit next to your child in school. But the good news is there is no need to worry. They will be guided ethically, morally, and pharmaceutically by Snoop Dog and many of the other great pimps of our time.
There is at least one place in the world today where fashion, drugs, and the influences of the Hip Hop lifestyle come together, the party. Now I have to admit that the party has long been a staple of the college scene and even the high school scene for a while. Most parties in the past were thrown when parents weren’t at home. Kids waited for the ideal night or weekend when Mom and Dad would be out of the house before throwing a rager. True many parents made mistakes. They let kids stay home without somehow monitoring what was going, on but that was then and this is now.
The parties of today often feature parents who are present and condone the party lifestyle. A large majority of guests, that is to say kids, at these parties also have parents who know where they are and exactly what goes on at such events! Now imagine that at these adult sponsored parties there are kegs of beer, hard alcohol, drugs of various types, and sex wherever couples, or slightly larger groups, can find an adequate space. That’s right Mr. and Mrs. America, parent sponsored alcohol and drug induced orgies in your own backyard. Better lock your kids up or implant that GPS chip in your kid if you want to be sure where they are and what they are doing. Ok so maybe that’s going a bit far especially if you have taught your kid to make good decisions or you do sensible things like checking up on them when they leave the house. Of course if you do this the likelihood of your child becoming either a pimp or a ho is very rare and odds are you will greatly hurt your child’s social standing. But you may also help avoid getting that phone call at three in the morning saying there has been a terrible accident.
In the past year and a half, the school where I work has lost two students and has had another paralyzed in auto accidents associated with parties. We all know that car accidents can and will happen. Any rationale person should know they take their lives in their hands anytime they step into a motor vehicle to go anywhere, even if they are only going just around the corner. But these kinds of accidents are no accidents when parents either take part in giving kids alcohol or drugs, provide a place to party, or even if they simply know what is going on at the party and still let their kids go. Somehow in today’s world some adults are even stupid enough to let their children go to such parties with full knowledge of what goes on there. Often times they are proud that their child is living up to the pimp or ho lifestyle, and are still surprised and point fingers at others when a terrible and tragic accident happens.
Perhaps Michael Savage is right, liberalism is a mental disorder and that is why people can do things like letting their kids party hardy and still blame someone else when their kids wind up dead. Maybe it is just that the parents themselves fried their own brain cells in high school or college during those fabulous sixties or seventies and simply want to spread the love. Or maybe, just maybe it’s a combination of both of these things and maybe more.
Of course there are many people who are liberal in their politics but are conservative in their parenting and vice versa. This is not to say that all liberals are bad parents and all conservatives are good parents. Take for instance the Bush family. As conservative as George Bush is, or pretends to be, George W got pretty crazy as a kid and even as a young man. Most people would describe many of W’s political beliefs as fairly conservative but you just have to look at the behavior of his daughters to see that conservative political beliefs do not always lead to well behaved and morally conscious children. However, when it comes to parenting styles the parents who have the most trouble with their children are permissive which is to say they are liberal parents.
By the same token I have known many teachers who do not apply their personal political beliefs in their classrooms. Many teachers who identify themselves as liberal, who want the world to solve all problems with hugs and bouts of group kumbya, run their classes as dictators. Although they may support the ACLU in defending the free speech of all good liberal dissenters on government policy, they quickly squash any semblance of conservative thought in the classroom. Then again there are conservative teachers who believe in law and order, yet walking into their classes is something akin to jumping into the gorilla enclosure at the zoo. What this all comes down to is how conservative or liberal these people are when making decisions regarding their children? How much do you want to be your child’s friend rather than their authority figure and parent?
Whatever your feelings on this issue, you have to admire people who have the guts to party like Prince in 1999 and still point the finger at others, at society, at the cops, or maybe at a car manufacturer because they didn’t adequately design the car to do 130 MPH and handle an impact with a telephone pole. Oh yeah, why did they not also take into account that maybe two or three more kids might find riding in the truck a good choice. Those bastards, why didn’t GMC, Ford, and those brilliant Japanese car makers take these things into account? Surely, there oughta be a law. And please, don’t jump to a logical conclusion such as there are already laws against providing kids drugs and alcohol or limiting driving speed on our roads and highways. Heck there are even intrusive laws which state you can’t ride in the trunk of a car. Where’s the ACLU when a pimp really needs ‘em? The real conclusion you need to reach is that somehow these party goers are just having fun and are somehow the victims. Hey, that’s what I hear from students and even their parents on a regular basis. “Well its just kids being kids. After all they’re just having fun.” Sure they are having fun, having fun at our expense and the expense of others.
A year and a half before this was written one of my former students and his friend died in a car accident over the Thanksgiving Holiday. They were both seniors graduating later that year and were on their way home from a party. The word on the street from many of the pimps ‘n’ hos who were eyewitnesses at the party along with a couple at the scene, was that everyone in the car was high and drunk. Even if the passengers were completely sober the driver had just about everything a human could have in their system and still start a motor vehicle. Why did these kids get in this car? Why was there no other option for getting home? Or maybe a smarter question, why were they there in the first place? What happened to the parents who owned the house where the party took place and who supplied the alcohol and drugs? While these questions are at best rhetorical they do leave some thoughts to ponder even for the drug fried veggies from the summer of love.
While our school mourned the loss, and it was tragic, what was more tragic was that a husband and wife were hit by their car. The wife died and the husband was in critical condition when last we heard. Where was the outrage? Where was the cry for the innocent lives of the couple who were just on their way home from a Thanksgiving trip? Hopefully it was somewhere but I can tell you it wasn’t at our school. Instead of saying yes this is a great loss but it is to be expected because of the actions of those involved. Instead it was made out to simply be a freak accident.
Again, thank you Mr. Savage, I think you’re right, liberalism is a mental disorder, or at least a drug induced stupor. It is always comforting to hear from students that there are those responsible parents out there who want to be sure their sons and daughters are well supervised in their debauchery. What a relief it is knowing that there are those selfless parents out there who introduce their offspring to the fresh world of narcotics and alcoholism and even participate with their kids. Hopefully this responsible form of parenting will insure the children will know how to do it right and remain safe at the same time. However, nothing tops the parents who allow opposite sex sleepovers in their house to be sure safe sex is a priority. Aw come on and loosen up. Take a quick trip to the corner store, buy a forty for your favorite pimp/ho stop by the local pusher and get a nice dime bag, invite over some fly honeys, smoke and drink with your kids and later listen to the rhythmic sounds of young love in the next room. Sounds like a great Saturday night don’t you think? Or maybe instead you can stay home with your kids and celebrate national pot smoking day better known as 4-20 which takes place on April 20th every year. 4-20 of course is a reference to a police code about marijuana and instead of pot and other drugs being reprehensible or at least frowned upon by society as it once was it is now celebrated by Gen XXXers.
But hey, such behavior will continue to provide the world with more pimps and hos, especially if they are too drunk or high to find the map the school counselor gave them pointing the way to the abortion clinic. But why do I complain? I’m a teacher and this is giving me job security right? Well maybe so. There is no doubt there will always be many warm bodies to fill the desks but I just hate wiping the drool off of them every day as a result of the vegetative state.
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