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Grant Penrod second place winner at Arizona State University's Printer's Devil Contest discusses reasons why society hates intellectual kids in his essay "Anti-intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids. One of the reasons being intellectual is so unpopular is because being "nerdy" has become associated with being anti-social. It's hard to break that association because you don't get included when you're labeled a "nerd" and therefore you continue to be labeled as a "nerd". Another reason being intellectual is uncool is because the media idolizes celebrities that dropped out. When we idolize people like this we don't associate success with intellectualism. Penrod adds "intellectuals constantly see their efforts trivialized in the rush to lavish

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