A Whole Bunch of Money and Names

Sean John, Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, Puff, Puffy, P. Diddy, Diddy... That's a whole lot of dudes. NOT. Its one dude with a whole bunch of names and a whole bunch of money. Sean John Combs is what his mother named him, he prefers to be called Diddy today, tomorrow it might be something else but today and for the remainder of this post: he's Diddy. I've always had quite a bit of respect for Diddy. The guy is really smart, he has a lot going for him, he's talented, and all of that together means he is one very successful guy who happens to have a net worth of about $500 million dollars. A recent big topic of the media has been Mr. Diddy's son, Justin Combs who recently was awarded and accepted a football scholarship to UCLA. Justin has a 3.75 GPA, took an awesome SAT and has quite obviously worked his butt off to be a stand out football player as well, and all his hard work is somehow a problem for our society. People have the guts to call this kid selfish for taking the scholarship because his dad has more than enough money to pay for college. I learned from a very young age that before you can form an opinion about or talk about someone you have to walk a mile in their shoes. What would a walk in Justin's shoes for a day be like? I'm making a bunch of assumptions here but he probably wakes up every day and goes to school, he then goes to football practice, then he goes home and studies until he goes to bed and wakes up the next day and does it all over again. Is it fair to call a kid like that selfish? Want my opinion? No. This kid earned that scholarship, he would be dumb for not accepting it. With the attitude of his dad should just pay for it, what is the point of going to college? His dad can pay for everything for the rest of his life. Justin was obviously raised with good morals, a sense of work ethic, drive and dedication. It's selfish to say he is undeserving. He earned the scholarship like any other kid would and from the looks of it he will be working hard to earn his own living someday too, instead of mooching off his dad, who isn't paying for his college. Props to Justin!