Dumb Down

Dumb Down

Summer is coming again. One can find a positive correlation between summer and gas prices. As the season of summer comes near, gas prices tend to increase.Even some hotels are giving away free gas cards to boost tourism.

Some people may have trouble in figuring out what legacy they might leave when they pass. Arguably, it seems that most people can leave a legacy that they are consumers. Consumerism is one of the most common, and most convenient legacy one can leave. For instance, one would just look on his garage, and one may find outdated clocks, microwaves, electric fans and more. Another example is that people paying high premium prices on worn-out and torn clothing on Abercrombie and Fitch. Exreme consumerism also has its demerits. Fashionable versus functional. Ostensibly, most people would choose fashion. Retailers exploit the superficiality of the people. In fact, Peter Sagal Wait Wait don't tell Me commentator asserts: during this summer, some people should earn to reconcile their low self-esteem. This seems evident. Some people would buy gas-guzzling SUV's not because they need it, but because they need to show that they can buy. Most people need to have that satisfaction to appease their fragile ego.

Some people tend to be immature. Maturity seems to come at a premium price. It seemed that the British was right in their view of the American people in the post World War II. A Mass Observation survey resulted in the findings: the Americans were "too self-satisfied, loud-spoken, too ignorant" as well as being "politically backward, uncultured and half-educated". Mass Observation commented: "Americans are, despite their central heating, business efficiency and industrial superiority, still the younger cousins.

The survey stills hold true after 68 years. Dumbing down of Americans seems to underplay it. For instance, shows such as “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader, The Biggest loser, America's Top Model appear to depend on superficiality. Moreover, vocabularies do not appeal to some teenagers. Majority of they seem to dwell on the simplicity of the vocabularies of a 3rd grader.

What can people do with the dumbing down? Does the future of America depend on the likes of dumb and dumberer? Do people want slapstick logic?

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Robert Taylor"Immature, immoral, vulgar, materialistic . . ."