iPhones Contribute to Iliteracy

The very wise Peter Griffin once said, “Literacy is extremely important. If we don’t teach our kids to read, how will they ever know what’s on TV?”

The very witty comment definitely struck a cord with America. In a land where anything can steal your attention at any given second, and hold it for about that long, the iPhone has found another way to distract our children while they’re in school.

The other day I caught an ad for an application on your iPhone that allows you to download books and read them on your phone.

I couldn’t help but shake my head. First off, do kids even read anymore? Between XBOX 360 and Guitar Hero 3 World Tour, Shakespeare may become ancient news in a matter of decades.  And now iPhone wants to allow the option of reading a book on a 2×2 inch screen?

Let’s face it, we are becoming dumber and cell phones may represent “cause numero uno.”

Because of cell phones…we can no longer drive safe on the road anymore as every trip to work represents a chance to be hit by a distracted 40 year old dude who thinks he is cool because he talks on his phone and drives a car at the same time.

Because of cell phones…we cannot sit patiently in public for more than two seconds before whipping out our phone and pretending to have received a new text message.

Because of cell phones…people have become anti-social, “too cool for school,” and ultimately dumber.

And now iPhone thinks people will buy their phone because they can read books on it! That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. A phone on a book.

Whatever happened to the phone only being used to engage in conversation?

Hate the “my cell phone is everything trend?”

Lash out or tell me how much of an idiot I am…