Chapter 780: Charity Performance
Venice High School, located on Venice Boulevard, is a very common public high school. However, due to the special geographical location of the high school, there are a large number of Latino students in the high school, as well as a small number of European and African students. American and Asian students, relatively speaking, there are not many native Americans. It can be said that the whole school is a great integration of ethnic groups, and the overall atmosphere of the campus is more difficult to control.
As we all know, school violence in the United States has always been a deep-rooted problem, especially due to the liberalization of gun control in the United States, many school violence problems cannot be eradicated, from confrontations with guns to fist-fighting, from vulgar words to exclusionary actions, physical violence and coldness Violence is always one of the biggest problems in high school.
When people watch youth campus comedy movies, there is often such a plot. The popular quarterback or basketball team members often mix with the cheerleaders, they will form their own circles, so-called nerds and weirdos will be excluded. outer. The restaurant will be divided into high-class seats and low-class seats, and some students even have to sit next to the trash can for lunch; in serious cases, members of the popular circle will not only ridicule the isolated crowd, but also punch and kick.
In fact, this is the true portrayal of school violence in the United States, but the film is often beautified and packaged, and it is described as just children's slapstick, rather than a profound social problem. But similar to "High. School. Musical", "Glee" in the phenomenon of serious exclusion of musical theater lovers, or similar to "Mean. Girl", "" The phenomenon that disadvantaged groups in the American Pie (American. Pie) are discriminated against and looked down upon will be more serious in real life.
After entering the 21st century, school violence has further escalated, and American school shootings have caused a sensation around the world, whether it is the two shooting incidents in the same day at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia. Polytechnic. Institute. And. State. University) in 2007. , resulting in 33 deaths and 23 injuries; or in 2012, the vicious shooting at an elementary school in Newton, Connecticut, which killed 28 people, all triggered a nationwide Shock and attention around the world.
In fact, such a situation can be traced in the history of the United States, especially since the 1990s, due to the common factors of society, the crime situation has become more and more serious. According to statistics, the violent crime in 1993 was In 1960, it was more than seven times that of 1960, and the increase in the proportion of school violence was even more alarming.
A data survey in 1990 found that one out of every twenty high school students brought a gun to school, and 80 percent of all these guns were brought from home, which made the simple Schools are under threat from guns. As a result, more than 30,000 people were killed at gunpoint in 1993, of which 18,000 committed suicide with guns, and another 15,000 were killed at the gunpoint of murderers.
To make matters worse, a statistic in 1993 showed that the crime rate increased rapidly among the 12- to 19-year-olds, and now has become the most frequent part of the crime rate of all age groups, far higher than the second place. 20 to 34 years old nearly 6 percent.
This shows that young people, especially high school students under the age of 20, are more vulnerable to violent crime than other age groups. School violence also began to get serious with the entry of guns into schools. Last year, the U.S. Congress passed relevant laws to control gun management, but unfortunately the results were not obvious.
Due to these various reasons, school violence has always been one of the most troublesome problems in society, and it is mixed with race. The conflicts within the multi-ethnic campus of discrimination cannot be reconciled, not only verbal violence and physical violence, but also poison. Pin, Gang, Ai. Nourishing. Diseases and other problems have seriously endangered the normal life of high school students in their prime. As the gun problem becomes more and more serious, there are signs of further escalation of school violence.
In order to bring this situation under control, a youth relief movement was announced in Los Angeles last year. This activity called "Heal. L.A." is dedicated to solving a series of problems faced by modern urban youth. Teens provide advice on drug abuse. It is hoped that through psychological counseling, the negative emotions of young people can be alleviated, thereby indirectly reducing the occurrence of school violence.
At the same time, they will also arrange free extracurricular learning opportunities, such as computer education, tutor tutoring, homework tutoring, math labs, English teaching and performing arts teaching for students whose native language is not English, and so on. Ways to keep young people on the right track and fundamentally reduce the possibility of school violence.
This time in April, "Save L.A." organized the "School City-State" organization in Los Angeles, "Brothers and Sisters" Association, "BEST Foundation", "Watt Health Foundation", "America's Deny. Drugs. Drug Alliance" launched Collaboration, this is the second time they have invested in a series of activities after the one last year, hoping to carry out publicity activities in various high schools in California, directly contacting teenagers and conducting positive publicity.
Venice High School is the first stop of the April event, and the one that gets the most attention. In order to promote the event, "Save L.A." plans to hold a concert at Venice High School, inviting the most popular singers or bands among high school students to attend. The concert is not only to attract the attention of high school students, but also to raise money for charity - to prepare funds for the upcoming events.
This time, "Saving L.A." obviously took a lot of effort. They not only invited Glory to Death, who has been in the limelight recently, but also invited the Nirvana Band, which has not performed publicly for a while, to the scene. These two bands are enough to attract everyone's attention. After Nirvana was born in 1991, it brought grunge to the public; after Glory to the Dead debuted in 1993, it ushered in the revolution of the rock dynasty again. Although the band has no grievances or encounters, the topic is indeed very hot.
But not only that, "Save L.A." also received the support of Michael Jackson, who has disappeared for nearly three months. Although Michael will not attend related activities in person, he still donated one million dollars to support related activities. This also caused a lot of media discussion.
So when Glory arrived at Venice High School, it was no surprise to see the huge lineup of reporters in front of him.
Hugo and the others arrived at the scene two hours in advance to prepare. Since there was still a long time before the performance, although the campus was very lively, everyone was basically doing their own thing, and there were only one or two hundred people wandering in the playground. , looks very lively, but not crowded.
Under such circumstances, Glory to Death was easily surrounded by reporters.
Because this is a charity event, their purpose is to promote the event so that the charity can be carried out smoothly, so the interview is a very important part. began to be interviewed. Henry Bloom stayed on the scene to look after, while Samora drove to the parking lot, then asked for the help of the staff to move the band's instruments backstage.
Although Hugo has merged all of his memories with Lancaster, in fact, there are not many parts of his memory about the school. The main reason is that Hugo left the campus at the age of 14 or 15. into the work. Hugo, though, is about poison. The danger of the product is deeply felt, so when he was interviewed by reporters, he talked more freely.
Just as Glory to Death was being interviewed, there was a burst of exclamations behind him. Hugo didn't care and continued to accept the interview attentively, but the reporters in front of him could see the situation behind Hugo, but they couldn't help but stop. Down, which made Hugo have to turn his head to look over.
Then Hugo saw Kurt Cobain.
When you think of Kurt Cobain, what is the first image that pops into your mind?
What appeared in Hugo's mind was Kurt standing on the stage against the light, and the light and shadow behind him were projected. The huge light seemed to be a huge burden on his back, and a large shadow covered his expression blurred. , Kurt held the microphone in his right hand casually, as if relying on this to support his whole body, lowered his head, and the shoulder-length hair made people only see the disdain and stubbornness at the corner of his mouth.
Because of Kurt Cobain, Hugo once truly doubted that the so-called "envy of talents" really existed. Even God couldn't help but be jealous of the talent and talent of this person. Therefore, God is not satisfied with just creating for him. Ups and downs and difficulties directly ended his life and let him go to heaven to accompany him.
Although Kurt didn't really get into the band's creation until 1988, and the album "Never Mind" was only Nirvana's second album, his amazing talent shocked countless people and made the name "Nirvana Band" a popular name. A name that cannot be ignored in rock history. It is incredible to say that although Nirvana has only existed for a short period of six years, they have been able to firmly occupy a place among the top ten rock bands in history selected by countless professional music magazines, along with Queen, Rolling Stones, Classic bands like The Beatles stand side by side.
The brilliance and ups and downs of Kurt's life are concentrated in the music of Nirvana, shining like a shooting star across the sky.
Even if Hugo is no longer a rookie who just came to Los Angeles, even if Hugo has been in the entertainment industry for two years, but at this moment, when Hugo sees Kurt's bohemian figure close at hand, he can't help but slow down. He took a breath and stared at Kurt intently, as if at this moment, history bloomed with proud blood lotuses under Kurt's feet.