ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM IN AMERICA

People in our culture don't think that intelligence is a super power because they can just literally pay someone to do something for them. I think that it doesn't get the attention it deserves because there are so many other "cool" things happening or being invented, BUT they don't realize that INTELLIGENT people are the ones that made it happen. Its more of a "oh your intelligent? okay make this for me" type of feel and that is why I think that culture doesn't see intelligence as a superpower.

UNITED WE STAND?

I think that independence is important when a person is mature enough to look after themselves and be responsible for their own actions. Interdependence is important because it is needed to get things moving. For example, there is interdependence between a manager and his/her employees to get the job done.

BOOKS AND NEW TECH.

For some people, they think that technology is the greatest and makes everything easier, and yes it does but it also takes away the feeling of certain things. For example, when you hold a book, the feeling of the pages under your finger tips and you manually turning the pages instead of just pressing a button that does it for you. Also, if you get very lazy to read, online you can just press a button and it'll start to read it to you. Books on the other hand, when you get tired, you put it down and can come back to it later, you don't get these notification distractions from social media popping up and you can just enjoy it better. Personally I enjoy books better than technology.

IS IT ME?

I think that a least a good amount of our behavior comes from our personality because its just who we are on a daily. If a person isn't really nice or doesn't follow directions, at times their behavior reflects it by talking back or being rude to others. Sometimes culture is a huge influence on some people since at home that is how they are treated or that is how they grew up and they think that the way that they act is okay and there is nothing wrong.

WHY I WORK

Something that I care about enough to continue to work is to keep making my parents proud as they see my accomplishments and how far I have gotten in life. I wouldn't want to let them down and for them to think that their sacrifice in coming to this land and leaving theirs, wasn't worth it.

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING NOW ?

I think that Clarisse is right when she says that schools are just videos of online lessons because that is how we are doing things now. Students go online, watch a few videos to learn something and then do some assignments in hopes that they are doing it right. I think that this will slowly lead our society to be even less social than what we are now. Currently if people want to express their ideas or rant, they have to put it online for everyone to know about it instead of just talking it out with somebody like face to face.

THE RIGHT TO READ

If the president of the United States ended up outlawing the right to read, it would be really devastating for everyone. For one, it would drastically affect schools since what we do on a daily there is read. In my opinion I think that many Americans will continue to read in secret and believe that the president really gets all his information by reading so therefore he made a really wrong choice. For example, if he wants to know more about American History, he will need to read it. Reading is super important since its our way of communicating in every aspect possible whether it is through on line courses, in public, or giving presentations. Therefore, I believe that the president of the United States should not taking away the right to read.