In his essay, Grant Penrod claims being intelligent is dislikable in our society and being unintelligent leads to success. Society’s attitude leads to smart kids being shunned. Penrod demonstrations his case throughout his argument. One such example is the highly publicized success of a high school football team, while the three academic teams’ wins “received a combined total of around ten minutes of recognition” (Penrod 759). The lack of attention validates that the intelligence of the students of the academic teams was less important than the accomplishment of the football team. The argument he makes is possible because there are many real-life examples cited in his essay. Such as the list of famous high school dropouts. “With such well-known