The Dumbest Generation- How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under The age of 30) published by the Penguin Group in 2008 was written by Mark Bauerlein. Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and has previously worked as the director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. During his time as director, he also oversaw American life and culture. The Dumbest Generation is a national bestseller and has caused a “swift and judgmental response from the media” according to Bauerlein in his preface to the paperback edition of The Dumbest Generation. In The Dumbest Generation Bauerlein writes about this generation's drive to learn and how it is dissipating quickly.
They are ignorant because they don’t know important information. This is another problem of a small group of people controlling a larger
The ignorant people in the society do not seek anything meaningful in their lives, which results in emptiness within their heart. Suppression of truth or knowledge makes life empty and when life is hollow and empty there is no point in living.
When ignorant people are educated they become aware of what is happening around them. One example of trying to educate an ignorant person is when Montag is trying to explain to Mildred what he saw at the burning house. Montag says, “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house…” (Bradbury 48). Unfortunately, in this situation Mildred does not take the knowledge that she has just been handed.
If a person you saw on the street and they asked you how to read something because they do not know how to read you would probably look at that person differently. Because
Ignorance pushes the characters to do stupid things while sometimes ignoring social norms. the stupidity level in kids is mainly because of the absence of common sense and wisdom however a big factor of this is stubbornness refusing to accept what others say and doing things without thinking all this ignorance. In the book huck finn travels through the south on adventures to solve problems he gets himself into an example of this is is in chapter 24 pg. 239 when huck is shot he is brought to the doctor ignorant to what could happen if they were caught completely leading to stupidity Huck tends to believe in superstition despite what's real and whats not he is completely oblivious to reality examples of this are Tom convinces Jim’s keeper,
In doing so, ignorance is encouraged and learning restricted. Education is
Once ignorance has spread too far, the only cure is to wait as it inevitably destroys
I agree with Edith’s assertion; we should not accept choosing ignorance or others willingly choosing ignorance.
or, as Smash Mouth put it, “Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb.” This means that without actually experiencing the world for what it is, a person will become so tangled up in the theories and hypotheses of others that they won’t be able to make their
“We Are All Confident Idiots” by David Dunning presents a phenomenon that people often fail to recognize their own ignorance. The article was recently published on the website of Pacific Standard, and it intends to reach a wide range of readers, among them, American youth and teachers are probably the main target audience. Living in a time surrouds by expedient aceess to knowledge, people however are not any wiser. Dunning sharply points out the great extent of confidence that different people show in their unfamiliar areas, and he uses statistics and various research results from his own and others to support his arguments. The article has a subtle structure, starting with reality show, expanding on the arguments with three main types of ignorance, gradually outlining the severity of not recognizaing ignorance, and finally, effectively leading to a convincing conclusion.
Ignorance is an odd thing. Many people berate people who are unknowing, but then always say that ignorance is bliss. Is ignorance truly bliss? Yes, ignorance is a true bliss, because when someone is ignorant, they will never know. Ignorant people don’t have the knowledge to understand that they are anything but oblivious.
Aristophanes was a comic playwright in ancient Athens. During his life, he wrote many quotes. One of his most famous quotes is a quote that is harsh but very true. Aristophanes said, “Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.” Everyone needs to read this quote because it might teach someone to not Aristophanes said that youth ages.
Albert Einstein once said, "Everybody is a genius... But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid". Unfortunately, most school systems depict this quote. They judge a significant amount of the population by their ability to answer a few questions. They rate them with letters and numbers, and force students to be represented by these letters and numbers for the rest of their lives.
Tamid El Zein Joelle Jaber Decision Making and Age Cognitive Psychology Research Abstract In this study, the influence of age on decision making processes was assessed by a 21 item decision making questionnaire. They were grouped into 7 independent dimensions labeled as following: control, hesitancy, instinctiveness, thoroughness, social resistance, optimality and principality. The DMQ was administered to 94 participants from two separate age groups: 18-25 and 26-55.
