The second time watching the video was definitely the most interesting. I thought is was great how simple pictures could help the average person understand all that was said. My favorite point from the video was that ADHD was an epidemic, starting in Oklahoma and getting to its worst level by Washington DC. Come on now people, really???? How could this even remotely be an epidemic? The use of Ritalin and other ADD drugs are similar to the soma in Brave New World. When Lenina was speaking, or rather listening to the Warden, she, "swallowed half a gramme of soma, with the result that she could now sit, serenely not listening, thinking of nothing at all," (Huxley 101). It is as if she can just pop pills to make everything better. This is exactly what society is thinking about ADD drugs. They will make the world happier. WRONG!!! It only hinders progress. People cannot be themselves and therefore not learn their way.
I also found it interesting that the video said, “It’s not because teachers want it that way, it’s just because it happens this way.” Honestly this is scary. How can a society just be okay with this? It hurts children who grow up into adults who hurt the new kids. But they don’t know it!!! This is just like Brave New World, the people are ‘forced’ to believe what they ‘know’ but they have no idea what else is out there. What a limited view?? I know that if I was in that society I would probably conform. This is only because it is only what I know, not what I would choose. The people in the novel are brought up to think a certain way and to act on their knowledge. I wouldn’t know how to act!!!
