This is my thought, is it possible that the artificial dream of money and fame is keeping the kids from realizing some of the more real aspirations they could make out of their lifes? As example I could say, having a career that passions you, helping your community, become a better individual. There seems to be a concensus in mainstream hip-hop that "making it" is measured by your bank account. Is that the message we want to send to our kids? Do you know any parents out there that tackled the issue with their kids?

 I believe the issue here is not to critizise the music or the genre, I would rather push for a humanistic approach to the development of our youth. I.e. discovering their potential as human being and encouraging this potential the most we can. If X passions a kid(let it be math, geography, art, whatever), I really do not believe that listenning the hip hop is going to erase that passion. However, I am afraid it would stand in front of it and cast a shadow on it.

 We focus on the failing student, the quality of books, the funding of the schools and so on. As a student, who the hell came to me to explain how to motivate myself to study, how to create a plan to be successful and how to go towards what I could be happy in. In all the years we go to school, we never learn how to learn. We expect people to just do it, and do it well, by magic. I would love to see the same mentality applied to business. Imagine this, when you are hired, just work, we will not tell you how to be good at it, but we expect you to know what to do.

Education is so vital so our lives, I think most of us would agree, but it seems like we do not spend enough time teaching people how to acquire this education in an effective, fun way that will make people learn more, so that they can- learn more -

 How do we work on our kids so that they will use their potential. When is the last time you heard a program to do just that, or a piece of the budget pie to do that. Would it be great to create a field of study * how to exploit your potential to its fullest*. Whould it be great to have a portion in 3rd, 12th year, college that would teach students the latest study methods, the latest motivation theories and so forth. Help students help themselves, it will help them all their lives.

 I really do not see sustainability as a choice, but rather as a necesity.

 I would rather study because what I am studying is interesting to me, rather than to have a good grade on the exam. I would rather work to provide support for myself and the people around me rather than a salary. What if we rewarded people on the basis of how much good they created for the majority instead of encouraging egotistical wealt accumulation. It seems that our business model, especially the corporate form, is to blame for much of our societal troubles, i suggest we start looking for a better one.

Yourself?

Humankind?

What is the things that you can say will change the future for the better, without a doubt? Why?

 In the last years, what have you learned?

Are these things constructive to you life, are they helping you grow, making you reach the other step?

 I am presently an undergrad, the technical information I have learned is stacking up significantly, as expected. However the most important thing I have taught myself would be love of learning. I am learning to create an autonomous/intrinsic motivational style to make myself do the things I want to learn. Love of learning is really the most important thing for me now and hopefully for the rest of my life.