Today is Sunday, a day of rest for some, well for my family and I for a start. I feel that I deserve this day of rest, throughout the week I am in work from around 0730 to at least 1700. Mrs F begins her working day around the same time, ending at 1630 before preparing the family dinner etc. A lot of our evenings and down time is willingly devoted to our 3 children, and administering a family home inhabited by all of the above.
Most of you reading this will relate to that, some will probably think that that is luxury compared to their own work-life patterns, others may be a few years away from this but are looking forward to it. Some of you my squirm in fear at all of that, but it is My Utopia.
Those fitting into none of the above categories are those I find myself ranting about on a now near daily basis. "The Wannabes"
Those who feel the country owes them a living, those that feel that they can conquer the world without having ever done an honest days work in their lives, those just like the ones we see on shows like "X Factor" who feel the need to parade themselves on our TV screens, and in certain red top newspapers in a bid to whore themselves to a media willing to pay for every dirty secret, the more sinister the better.
It disgusts me that this "Great" Britain condones and supports this new low. I mean, what concept of reality do some of these kids have? how can they possibly grow up to become valued and respected figures if they know not what it is to contribute to the working world? For every one with a natural talent (Whom I admire greatly), there are 10000 or more of these wannabes with no respect for their leaders, their peers or each other. They are so sadly disillusioned to the fact that they can actually behave how they do, snarl in the face of the rest of the rat race, demand thousands of pounds for achieving nothing and generally walk around with the nonchalance that we all love to hate; In fact I don't love to hate it, i really do HATE it!
It is not entirely the fault of the individual either. As I said before, this "Great" Britain seems to support and promote this pathetic example of setting many a young boy or girl up for a serious reality check cum fall. Ask the generation aged 6-16 now what they would like to be when older, and I guarantee that there will be more of them than when I was that age who seriously think they have a chance of becoming a multi millionaire star, or a WAG as they have seen it on the TV, been fed the false hope that you do not have to work for a living in this new world in which we live.
When I was a boy the delusions of grandeur extended to probably one in 20 with a serious talent for football or the like, some of which I know made it, but most of which landed with a bump but did actually settle in to full time paid employment. I believe the generation of today are being damaged by this false hope that shows like X Factor offer, and are being led into a world where they dont have to try hard, or listen, or be respectful to those in authority.
The phrase "Hard work never killed anybody" is often used by the generations before me, but I feel it needs a new airing.
Man up Great Britain, stop pretending it's OK to push your children into a world where they don't have to work to earn their living, into a world where they can support mummy and daddy when they become famous.
Support your children and encourage them to do well and get "A proper job" It's not easy, children can be challenging, children naturally will not see the benefits of working hard at school at such a young age, but as parents it's up to us to work hard, and not take the easy way out, not let them think they can be a pop star if they really don't have one iota of talent.
All you trash tabloids, grow a set!! Report on successes, not on which 17 year old is sha**ing which footballer and then PAYING her for her dirty secrets! Stop showing our younger generation it is OK or funny to behave like a spoilt diva who has never known what it is like to struggle for money. Be proud of a Great Britain that can be great, not of one that condones this superficial image of a youth that is destined for nothing other than a bumpy landing and ultimately failure.
I hear the phrase Broken Britain regularly, I'm not sure if this applies to the above, but if it does fall into that pigeon hole, I can begin to see why.
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