Review of Related Literature

Smart shaming is the act wherein people were being shamed for being
smart. It is a view where intelligence is deemed as a negative trait. It is
an emerging social issue in the Philippines. At this age, where people
are able to access to the world Filipinos werent seem aware neither of
smart shaming nor anti intellectualism. Instead of accepting the
knowledge that some one knows, people refuse to accept the fact and
would humiliate the one who was sharing the knowledge.
The events that lead to smart shaming have some connections to Anti
Intellectualism. Anti Intellectualism is described as hostility towards the
intellectuals (Wikipedia). It may be observed that some influential
people who have known to have such high intellect used their power to
oppress the commoners. During these times, people has some high
regard for education, those who received higher education composed
the academic elitist. Academic Elitist was people who dominate politics
and education. Thus, following some historical events the people grew
out to loathe the people who of high intelligence.
Turning back to smart shaming, it can also be observed in schools. The
common chick flicks where the ones whom students look up to were
the jocks, cheerleaders, prettiest girl and boy whom is always at the

top of the social class. Whereas the students who were of intellect or
as commonly called nerds were at the brim of the high school social
class. Moreover, the clich plots of these movies show some
resentment toward the intellectuals. The influence of media has
developed an outward growth of mediocrity to its viewers.
Filipinos have high regard for education, though the growing trend of
smart shaming has influenced the minds of the youth. Instead of going
into some serious conversations people tend to avoid doing
conversations that will challenge their beliefs. People take sharing of
knowledge as a threat. People make fun of those persons who think out
of the box. Especially in school, when a student has something to say
sensible, people react in a different way. Students were not aware of
smart shaming and how does it affect the one who is being smart
shamed.