If I was shown this video in middle school, I would be convinced that Americans are monster consumers with no regard to the environment. Kids and teenagers believe a majority of the ‘stuff’ they are shown in school, but if the information is false, we have a problem on our hands. Annie Leonard, the woman who started the “Story of Stuff” YouTube videos, exaggerates the information to prove a point. I do agree that we waste a considerable amount of finite resources in our country for being a finite planet without replenishing a majority of them. If Leonard suggested to everyone to act sustainably, she would make the same point without slandering all Americans. I believe that a person is measured by their intelligence and worth in the world, and not by how much they consume. Kids don’t look at their parents and think, “Oh, my mom is a huge consumer.” They think “my mom is a good lawyer or doctor or saleswoman”. The video calls attention to a world-wide problem and is meant to make  a difference in one’s consuming habits, but a statement video with controversial facts is not the way to go about a movement.