The New Norms. Dumbed Down, Dressed Down and Drugged Down.

The latest statistics should come as no surprise to us. Last week the number of fatal car accidents attributed to DRUGGED drivers exceeded those who were under the influence of alcohol. (34% to 32%).
The connection must be clear. Ever since cannabis was legalized in the States two years ago the figures have been on the rise.
My own son-in-law, who is a patrol officer in my city, was telling me that drugged drivers were an increasing danger on the roads. Now the numbers are in to back him up.
Quite a brave new generation this.
Kids who are in the genius category with games and apps can hardly spell their own names in cursive handwriting. Dumbed down in the schools that are supposed to challenge them to highest possible attainment.-
Kids who once were proud to wear their school uniforms dressed down to a motley mixture of ripped jeans, baggy pants and back to front hats all in the name of the latest fashion.
The dressed, dumbed and drugged down generation.
Next to my bed I have a school photo of the CLASS OF 1955.
It's my Grammar School Year from Nelson in Lancashire.
500 kids, girls and boys, all in uniform.
Disciplined and often driven to succeed (sometimes with the cane).
No drugs: they were unheard of. No ripped jeans: they were unheard of. No dummies: they came at a later date with SMART phones.
Quite a world we live in sixty years later.
Jubilate.

Ian