i dont think the younger generation is getting dumber, just more manipulative. the younger generation realizes that they can pass off just about all of their problems onto something else. laziness on technology and video games. attitude on mtv and popular culture. their ignorance on the public school system. weight issues on fast food. and the total lack of respect on californias proposed 'spanking' ban and things like that. my sister helps kids in grade school with behavioral problems, she tells me that even grade schoolers get away with murder because the teachers are basically to afraid to discipline the little bastards.

so yeah i don't think kids are getting dumber, they just know how to work the system.