Drug Dealers? WTF?!?(not rant)

okay today in my ssr (sustained silent reading) my princeple came in cause people in there cant shut up for 25 minutes and read so my teacher calls him in and he's talking about how we have to read but some how he starts talking about drug dealers by saying "I grew up in a neighbor and none of you would last a week you would be eaten alive. I knew people that are drug dealers and one came up to me and said i can make more money in 15 minutes than you can in a week." so were just sitting there like where is this going? then it was basicly went like this" kids if you dont read in school you'll become a drug dealer and a bum in a crack house so read" that is exactly what he said. it was histaricle (sp?