The Decline Of Neatness By Norman Cousins

“The Decline of Neatness” by Norman Cousins; discusses in detail how society has develop the “sloppiness virus”. The way people dress today; relaxed, layer back has created an unintended down fall in society’s values and attitudes. Education, relationships, and the environment are some topics that have been affected by the sloppiness virus. In the past, education was the most valued resource for a better life, a person couldn 't do or become anything without proving their academic worth. However today there’s a lack of vocabulary, determination, and a real insight of how education can shape the world. The society’s value of relationships had also had a decline. The lackadaisical attitude that people show in their relationships today can be …show more content…
Inside of public schools the children have little to no respect for their teachers and other student; bullying has become a social epidemic today because of the lack of respect student have for the education system. Compared to a private school where the student wear uniforms; people can see a dramatic change in the way student treat each other and how their grades are effected. The attitude student in public schools have toward the education system says a lot for the future generation, and it also shows that the hand full of people who are educated are most likely going to be the ones running the government and making executive decisions for the rest of the …show more content…
People today treat the plant as if it’s their personal trash bin, polluting the oceans results in killing off the marine life. No one seems to care about this mania because in return for turning a blind eye they get shopping malls and new apartment building. They care less and less about the wildlife that has been killed off to gain these spoils. It’s so common to go to the grocery store and buy pounds of meat not caring about how they came to be in the store. The actual thought of going out and killing a deer for dinner is repulsive to most people, so as a society they pay corrupt food businesses to treat animals terrible just so they can sleep at night without having to take responsibility for personally killing these animals. The sloppiness virus has infiltrated may areas of society: however changing the way we drees cannot solve all out problems, but if people take a moment to realize how something as simple as clothes can change out values and perception then they should take a big look around and slowly come to terms with how the sloppiness virus is spreading and corrupting the world we live