Journal 2

The character traits that MTV has inspired in Mike seem to be how one should not act. He does not watch Beavis and Butt-head and make that his own life. Instead, he informs us that the show is educational in the sense that we should take whatever they do, and then do the opposite and then we'll be fine. I think he is trying to tell us that if we treated MTV as the "Don'ts" half of the "Do's and Don'ts of a successful person, then we can all be winners in this world. Obviously when it comes to dating, you are not going to go with the Next strategy. No one is going to send their date packing because the next one is in a car around the block and has the potential of being hotter. Also, I don't try to make a date enjoyable because I get a dollar for every minute the girl is enjoying herself.

Mike's writing style is very unique because it is not how anyone is taught to write. My english teachers always told me, "You can only write incorrectly is you're a famous author." because somehow that is acceptable. He uses a more intellectual tone than you may expect in an article about pretty stupid things. Almost as if he was writing about these influences of MTV for a magazine article; on the cover "How is MTV affecting kids today?" His language is intelligent, yet he still relates to the common person and teenager.