Dumbing Down of America
Posted on April 19, 2008
Filed Under Academia
A few weeks ago, I ordered something from a 16 year old from a delivery place. It was the same thing that I always ordered, with the same address and the same price. They showed up with the wrong drink, the wrong food and had a hard time finding my address….not to mention the extra money that was tagged onto the order. Funny thing was, it was the same person that took my order last time.
I was a little annoyed at the problem, but it wasn’t just that problem that was getting me. It was the fact that everywhere I went, from the grocery store to the bank to the store, the kids just didn’t seem to be cognizant of what went on.
So, I started doing a little research.
For those of you who aren’t familiar, you have to read the academic books on The Dumbing Down of America. The books you want to look into are:
1. ‘The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America - A Chronological Paper Trail” by Charlotte Thompson
2. “Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write or Add” by Charles Sykes
3. “Dumbing Down: Culture Politics and the Mass Media” by Ivo Mosley
4. “Death By Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down, and Poisoning of America” by Nancy Deville
Start with those, and continue looking into the research that has been done. You will be as a amazed as I am. At this point we’ve lost close to two generations of children who are not being taught how to think, how to be logical or how to reason for themselves. If you have as many experiences with the places that you go as I do, than this will help you to understand why.
For anyone living in America who is concerned about the way things are going, nailing this educational problem is the beginning to understanding what is happening in the world of academia as well as in the work force and in our lives in general. This isn’t something to try to nail the parents in a certain place, because it’s based around the cultural and educational systems; however, if we want to start getting some kids that can think… it has to start with understanding what is happening to begin with.
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