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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser and the Opinions of Freire and Thoman

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which Schlossers (2001) concept is adopted - sometimes subtly, other times more obviously - throughout the vastness of academic psychology. Clearly, the fundamental purpose of Schlossers (2001) book is  to illustrate how homogenized society has become in direct relation to the fast food mentality; as such, contemporary education has been unwittingly drawn into the downward spiral of this existence,  serving to deny students the ability to apply self-determination rather than coercion, intentionality rather than reaction, creativity rather than homogeneity and rationality rather than chance (Freire, 1970). According to Thoman  (2002) and Freire (1970), the very essence of pure, unadulterated learning has been lost within a society pressed to discover a faster way to cram education down a students throat  without the least bit of comprehension, originality or enlightenment on his part. This, above all else, is the primary argument they support from Schlossers (2001) contention that education today  has become a commercialized proposition. Freires (1970) claim that students have little to no level of participation with regard to their own education, coupled with Thomans (2002) assertion that  the "new educational agenda" (Thoman, 2002) regarding mass media infiltration is all but sabotaging true academic advancement clearly indicates how the move toward technological advancement is doing anything but advancing  the very objective of fruitful learning. During a relatively brief period of time, the fast food industry has helped to transform not only the American diet, but also our  landscape, economy, workforce, and popular culture. Fast food and its consequences have become inescapable, regardless of whether you eat it twice a day, try to avoid it, or have never  taken a single bite" (Schlosser, 2001, p. PG). Amidst this overwhelming presence of fast food mentality sprung a new concept of socialization