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“Well I come from a Hispanic background and so most of my aunts and uncles and parents listen to hispanic music. all my cousins grew up hanging around other hispanics and they all started to listen to hip hop and R&B and rap an music like that. my cousins also don’t care much for their schoolwork and they honestly don’t care if they fail. I’ve personaly never liked to hang out with the hispanics at my school because all they talk about are drugs and they cause to much drama. I like to hang out with every ethnicity and it doesn’t bother me. after hanging with them alot, I started to like rock music, and started to go away from all the rap and hip hop. I like it so much better now. I also like to do all my schoolwork and I feel horrible if I don’t get it done on time. and it bothers me when my cousins make fun of me for liking rock music and how it’s stupid when alot of the songs I like end up becoming popular and on radios everywhere. I hate being called a nerd for trying to do all my schoolwork and actually trying to get into college and have a good job. and I honestly don’t know what to do about it. sorry that it’s a long email but I don’t know who to tell If my family thinks I’m a freak and my close friends at school wouldn’t understand”
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Honestly, just tell yourself, “screw those people that knock me down” because in 10 years when you’re living your dream in a comfortable home, a nice spouse, gracious children, and a friendly environment. Where are those people going to be? Prison? Dead? Homeless? If you can, take honors courses, most of the time those kids in there will have the same aspirations as yourself. Befriend them, get their numbers, and just hang out with them, as study groups or even just a simple game of putt-putt. If your closest friends start bagging on you for taking those courses, ask yourself, “do they really care about my future? do they want me to succeed in life?” if the answer is yes, then maybe you should start distancing yourself from them. When I was in middle school, I was constantly getting in trouble because of my “friends” that I hung out with. It was horrible, and I knew I wouldn’t go anywhere in life like that. So when high school started, I took that chance to take advanced classes, and eventually I stopped hanging out with the old “friends”, where most of them either dropped out or flunked some years, and I started hanging out with the knot of friends I shared the classes with. Now we’re constantly emailing each other, texting, and talking at school about assignments we’re given, help on the work, getting together for a study group at the local library, and even a date for hanging out at the local movie theater. And those kids are all ethnicity, mostly Hispanic, seeing as our school is like 99% Hispanic haha, but I do have some white friends that I hang out with pretty much everyday. Plus it doesn’t matter what kind of music you listen too, if you can listen to it and it makes you feel better, don’t let anyone stop you from hearing it.
Sorry if this is really long, I just kind of feel like I’ve been there, seeing as I’m Hispanic, most of my family hasn’t graduated high school or gone to college, and I feel like the oddball actually trying my best to get into a good university, hopefully this time next year I’ll have an acceptance letter *crosses fingers* :) I wish you the best and of luck dear! <3
