All this hating on Justin Bieber ...

I believe Justin Bieber, a 17 year old Canadian pop artist and teen idol, is more of an ideal star than many others out there right now. From my previous knowledge, I had quite a negative impression of Justin Bieber. To be honest, I didn’t know much about him at all, except that if anyone asked me if I did like him, my immediate response would have been absolutely not. I think this is because my impression of him came from my friends and peers who are always talking about how much they don’t like him. Now that I think about it I never really asked why, I suppose I just assumed that no one - except little kids, like my 13 year old sister - really paid much attention to him. Now, and asking around, I realized people really don’t have legit reasons to why they don’t like him. I’ve come to the conclusion that it appears that many are just jealous that being so young, he has made it pretty big with his talents. (Actually, I’m sure there are other reasons as well, I just haven’t thought of them yet.)

Looking at how much influence Justin Bieber has on different social media is quite startling. In fact, despite some of the comments been made against Justin during class, I think that what he is doing is pretty amazing. Feels awkward saying that, but, like someone said in class – I’d much rather my sister be following Justin Bieber than many other pop stars out there right now. In fact, seeing his music video, “Pray” made me respect him. He’s a huge star already, and he doesn’t have to choose to portray this image of hospitality if he really didn’t care. Donating money made from his music video, becoming actively involved in many things, and even just spreading awareness of issues in this world are amazing things Justin Bieber has done.

I heard the argument made in class of Justin Bieber just doing these things to give himself a good image, but I think that is easy for us to say as we sit and analyze every motive of his. Even if that is his only reason – which I don’t believe it is – I still think he influences many younger people in a positive way. Justin Bieber provides ways for them to learn about social issues around them, and he can be seen as an inspiration to motivate others to change this world.

I know I am someone who want to change this world, and I will do what I can to make this happen.

And I think it’s cool that Justin Bieber is using his own talents to promote pretty good things in the way he can.