Gustar

I attended the April 10 Gustar concert. This was a soft-rock group that attacked hundreds of Luther students, friends, and roadies. I thought how this event might connect to school. First, it creates a culture of students who follow bands, driving hours on school night and not meeting their beds until the morning hours. Thus, creating an even tired student body. Next, I thought about the time and money some parents put into these concerts. Yes, parents were standing in the crowd dancing right along with 14 and 15 year old, attempting to be the "cool" mom or dad. Would it be possible that students would be more excited about school if parents took off work to be at academic events? Or get just as excited about their child's good grades? Our society needs to re-exam family structures and ask ourselves if pushing education to the back burner for a chance to jump around intoxicated college students and then drive home staying up until possibly three am and then being tired the rest of the school week, if the parents even makes the student go to school the next day.