When I first began reading Idiot Nation I was interested, but by the time I got to the end of it I was almost appalled and offended. I understand that there is a serious problem with our public schools, and I understand that yeah, there are a lot of dumb people in our nation. What I didn’t understand was his tone. He came across as a very prideful, arrogant, and rude person. His demeanor was very off.
He talks about how schools make deals with companies and alludes to the fact that it is wrong. One specific example was when he said that ZapMe! Corporation gave a school a computer lab and access to pre-selected websites in exchange for browsing habits of the students. He acts like this is wrong, but its either the children of the school go without computers or they get them for a small price of advertising advances. I don’t see how having the computers and helping the advertising company out is any worse or even close to being the same as the school not having any computers.
The author seems flawed in a lot of his thinking. He had a bad experience in school and now he is encouraging kids to act out in theirs. He is not just telling them to stand up for what they believe in, but he is telling them to downright defy their authorities. His method of making his point is completely wrong.
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I don't think Moore intended to make the reader feel like this was their fault but rather the fault of the government for the way in which they handle school funding. His example of the computer lab and ZapMe was to prove this point. If the government was properly funding this nations education we would not have to expose students to constant advertisement schemes. I really liked your insight! Thanks for sharing!:)
I agree with you completely. I really tried not to be bias before I read but as I read I really started being taken aback by what he was saying. I agree with you mostly because I was gradually growing disgusted with him. Well chosen word choice. I even think some liberals would be disgusted with some of the content of his statement.
I agree that he seemed very arrogant, but he did make some good points about how we need to focus on our teachers being paid more, and that there is an importance in libraries that we need in society.
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