Ghetto Fabulous

California is the center of pop culture.  If you want to become an actress or an actor you move out to California.  California is where dreams come true.  It is also a very diverse place, where a lot of cultures have come together since the gold rush.  When you place that many people in once place problems tend to pop up.  So I think California leads the nation in dealing with problems that arise from society because they are ground zero.  They are the first to have to address it.  If you look at most teen dramas they all take place in California schools, and teenagers copy what they see on TV because they want to be cool.  You have "Saved by the Bell", "90210", "The O.C.", "Laguna Beach", etc.  As the article stated that the younger generation will mold the language, and create 

I know that reading the article I could pick out some of the words I use in my daily language. I know I'm guilty of using the phrase ghetto and ghetto fab.  I actually have tried to stop using the word "like" as a sentences filler.  Because in one of my college classes my teacher pointed out that another student sounded completely wish-washy about everything they said because they used the word "like" so many times.  He would actually silently count how many times she used the word and write the number on the board after she finished responding.  He would make the point that you should sound proud in your answer and using the word "like" repeatedly made it sound like the individual wasn't very sure of what answer they were giving.  When someone points something out that like you start monitoring yourself and I found myself counting how many times I used the word like.  It just made me change how I spoke.