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Sunday, June 21, 2009
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I had never heard of class framing before I read this essay. I totally agree with the author's point of view. I am so tired of the way the media stresses the importance of material wealth and places a person's value on how much they own. I am old school and I feel disgusted when my daughter watches a program like cribs and all these rich kids who aren't old enough to drive have three and four expensive cars in the driveway of their million dollar home. I saw a house on the internet that belonged to a sheik that looked like a Ritz Carlton hotel and he had a car that was made out of silver. This kind of self indulgence makes me sick. I see high-school kids driving new BMW and high dollar cars to school and I wonder if their parents aren't doing them a dis-service. What happens when these kids have to provide for themselves and can't maintain the lifestyle they are used to? They go into debt. I can't find the reference right now, but I can relate with the author when she talks about the father who goes into so much debt to support his family's lifestyle that he spends the rest of his life paying for it. So much of this idea that a person is only as valuable to society as his bottom line is media driven.
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I hate those shows! I do not watch TV because it is so stupid. My friend was watching sweet 16 one day and asked me to sit down and watch it with her. By the time that show was over I was so pissed off. Media is ridiculous at times!
ReplyDeleteGood point. We grow up in different enviroments. Some families have more than others, and as you grow up it almost seems natural that you would want a similar level of comfort to that which you experienced at a younger age. However, parents are responsible to teach kids that what they have has come after many years of hard work, and that going into un-necessary debt to obtain them is foolish.
ReplyDeleteMedia surely inhibits a parents ability to teach such principles. More and more is what media preaches. Sure it's easy, why struggle like your parents did to get things. You can have it now, and pay for it at your own leisure. It's a hard lesson to learn, but the media sure isn't going to help teach it.