This was another good essay. I really appreciated what Bennett was saying, especially since it was coming from an actualy citizen of the US and not a foreigner. It is much easier for someone from the outside looking in to notice these things, but Bennett has been able to see them and still keep a sense of pride for his nation.
Coming from another country I definately have noticed the things Bennett was talking about, but it is obviously not just a personal opinion. He showed facts to back up his argument. He compared the top problems teachers talked about in the 1940's with the top problems teachers talked about in the 1990's and probably today. The more recent problems are much more harmful to our society than chewing a piece of bubble gum.
For some reason it is easier to do the wrong thing than the right thing. I liked that Bennett acknowledged this fact. But I also like how he encouraged us to stop being lazy and stand up and do the harder thing, do the right thing.
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I like that this author didn't link declining spirituality and Christianity. Sometimes it seems like the only people arguing for better morals in our society are Christians, but with so many people seeing Christians as hypocrites, no one ever takes this message seriously. An argument to increase Christian values attracts a limited audience, but this call for increased morality unrelated to religion will get more people to listen. I liked seeing a rational argument that declining morality and not declinding religion is the real problem in our society.
One phrase I really liked was his use of “skin pigment” to refer to race. It struck me as an original, interesting way to downplay racial differences.
It is sad that this essay is true. I liked the fact that Bennett used statistics to show what he was trying to say. I would actually like to see this statistics because it is kind of dealing with what I am writing my quest on. Youth in today's society are definately growing up in a corrupt world and it is not looking to get any better anytime soon. It is sad that the United States is on the decline. Not only is our culture on the decline but also our country is being surpassed by other countries in example is China. Chinese society value hard work and they are becoming more and more of a threat to the USA every day. It seems as though the society today do not care. And I thought that Bennett did a very good job writing about these problems. I used good examples and good facts to support his ideas.
I also liked how he talked about TV shows. I thought it was funny because we just read a essay about this.
Extremism begets extremism, and that is exactly what the author is doing. Mr. Bennett has a very motivated moral compass, and unfortunately his rally cry to get mad and get in the fight could probably do more harm than good. I agree that some of the problems that ail America are very extreme, but many of them are the end result of previous solutions to older problems. Take the distribution of condoms to minors - this was a solution to help prevent pregnancy to those who are too young.
In the end, people are people and inherently selfish - always wanting to satisfy some type of desire. Good luck finding a solution that could be objective on all American citizins, but in the meantime, I dont think a rally to "moralize" America by getting mad and getting in the fight will help.
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