Just as I was about to do commentary on the article ‘Want Smart Kids? Talk to Them-and Listen to Them’ by Sara Neufeld, the news breaks that they are considering dropping cursive writing from the schools! Thanks to the tech age, cursive writing has become passe’. It’s not enough that their brains are not getting enough ‘talk’ time. Now significant cognitive wiring won’t happen as well.

Heaven forbid we’re bombed back into the stone age. No one will even know how to do smoke signals let alone ‘write’ something. According to Dr. William Klemm in ‘What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain’, "The benefits to brain development (of cursive writing) are similar to what you get with learning to play a musical instrument. Not everybody can afford music lessons but everybody has access to pencil and paper. Not everybody can afford a computer for their kids-maybe such kids are not as deprived as we would think." You see what they are doing with our music and arts programs for children…

Listen people, I firmly believe that the dumbing down of America is real. The goal is to eventually have the general population on the same or similar level as third world countries. We’re already told in sales to speak at an ‘8th grade’ level to Americans because that’s ‘where most of us are’. This grates on my nerves. Care to wake up and do something about this? …Anything?

This attack is on all sides and even our children are on the front line of offense. Public schools are under attack. Teachers are under attack. Homeschooling is not feasible for families working 2 or more jobs at minimum wage to equal what once was one job for the same pay. I know you’re tired but we must be vigilant in our efforts to curb this dumbing down! We are the keepers of sanity here… the guardians of our national treasure!

Do you understand the importance of your child’s brain?