BY KATLYNN ARCHER- HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDITOR

  “I’m artistic. I like art, I’m very unique like that,”  exclaims  “Sammy sweetheart” on the reality TV show Jersey Shore. Now flip the channel to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. “Etiquette classes are for stupid people’”

     Temper tantrums, selfishness, and plain old stupidity, these are the main ingredients to all of today’s reality TV shows. A perfect recipe for unintelligence.

      Adults puzzle over where these violent actions, bad grammar, and short attention spans are coming from, the answer is MTV. MTV used to be a channel where teens could listen to good music and watch music videos, now it is filling our minds with hundreds of girls that are 16 and pregnant.

    There is a reason why they call it the Idiot Box, folks. TV, despite literally being the best thing to ever happen to us, is leaving us dumber and lazier than before. You are what you watch and watching dumb people do dumb stuff can make you dumb too.

     There is a question that is brought up a lot- “Does reality TV show actually make you stupid?” My initial reaction to this question; “Ya think!”  Why is it so hard for our generation to entertain oursleves without watching “reality” TV shows that honestly have nothing to do with reality?

      Here is a bright idea, turn on FOX News and find out what is really going on in the world on the other side of the camera. I am willing to bet that many students in our school  have never even watched the news before.

   There’s no denying we all have our one favorite show that we watch instead of doing our homework that’s due in less than 10 hours, but what ever happened to prioritizing our day? Next time, before you’re getting ready to watch Kim Kardashion fight with her sister, consider how many brain cells you will loose.