Acing Your Test on Miley Cyrus

Please excuse the name of this website where I found this article talking about a new college course about a class titled "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus." I thought the issue was too interesting to pass up.

The fact that there is actually a class at a prestigious school (Skidmore) offered about Miley Cyrus is embarrassing, but then again, why is this even happening? Miley Cyrus seems to have taken over the world. It makes me think about how social media played a apart in this take over.

Do you think in 1977 there was a class at universities about Elvis Presley? Probably not. This makes me think that pop culture has truly taken over the lives of the younger generation. I think that social media definitely helped with this. 

We are constantly reminded of what everyone else is doing, listening to and watching because of social media. This makes it a lot easier to discover what the trends are. I mean, really. Walk in to American Studies during 8th period and look at how many people are on their iPads checking instagram. Maybe if more classes like this were offered, we would think school was more fun. But is this information useful? Probably not.