Penrod states in his essay that being an intellectual in todays society is basically frowned upon, that our society is anti-intellectual. I agree with his statement that we frown upon the ones who are A+ students and those who overachieve. He quoted “A+ this and… got a 1600 on my SAT and got all AP class[es] next year woohoo. That’s all these people care about don’t they have lives damn nerds” (“Dan6erous“). Which I agree with because you would think those people don’t have lives if thats all they get and study for. However I do believe Penrods sources could have been better.

Penrod used blogs as sources which, to me, seem a little unprofessional and most likely should not be used in an essay. I do believe however that they convey the message he is wants to get across. They do address the some of the general publics opinion which is good. But in an academic essay you need credible sources and blogs with peoples name like “Dan6erous” is not a credible source to me.

His reference to the celebrities I believe is non-essential, because most celebrities are educated people these days. They go to school and practice what they are doing for hours a day. I don’t think he needs the references, it almost seems like he is telling people they don’t need to go to school to get rich when the richest people in the world like Bill Gates and Steve Jobbs and Warren Buffet are very well educated in fact.