Grant Penrod's Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate The Smart Kids

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In Grant Penrod’s essay “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids” he discusses the praise for uneducated success in society today. Penrod that high school athletes receive more glorification after winning a game whereas champion academic teams receive very minimal attention. Conversations from websites like TalkingCock.com reveal a collective distaste for intellectualism while other websites like Angelfire.com give praise to famous high school dropouts.
Penrod points out how uneducated success is not only highly praised, but highly rewarded as well. A writer for The Carillon stated, “In more than a few cases, athletes’ incomes surpass the gross national product of some third-world countries.” Reward given to those with uneducated

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