What Is Dumbing Down Americ Media Zombies Or Educational...

What Is Dumbing Down America: Media Zombies or Educational Disparities Uzuazokaro Anthony Eli Bacon Thursday 11:10am Central Idea: The society we live in today blames popular culture for destroying the lives of most young ones. Critics come up with conclusions that pop culture is the cause of educational failure. But they fail to look at the real reasons why we have a lot of young ones who cannot graduate from high school or even afford a quality education. My aim is to convince my audience that there is a lot going on in our society other than pop culture when it comes to education and learning. I. Introduction: They say that popular culture does not help us understand the educational experiences of the young ones whose families have little or no education and at the same time live in communities where there are unequipped schools. They claim that the internet is â€Å"rewiring† young people’s minds, young ones being given the opportunity to choose between the â€Å"pull of popular and the push of schooling†, choose the former. They prefer Justin Bieber to Isaac Newton. News stories say that in order for kids to be able to graduate from high school, they have to reject the â€Å"nonsense† they are being exposed to in our pop culture. II. All these stories insinuate that popular culture is directly opposed to education and knowledge and that this prevents learning. A. But they fail to address the massive budget cuts that many public schools have to endure. B. They fail to address the