In “The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism and the "dumbing down" of America,” by Ray Williams is a short article about how the intellect of our country is only going down hill because we, the people, no longer want to learn. Instead, we expect everything at our fingertips. We don’t see the need to problem-solve. All we want is the answer to our question. This of course, varies from generation to generation but the point of the article still remains. In the short story, there is a paragraph about how the media has “rubbed off” on today’s people. We allow reality TV to show us how things should be done in life. This trend blinds us from the education that should be at hand. One paragraph in particular that called my