Are we getting dumber or lazier? I ask this question because recently a teacher said that his spelling has gotten worse ever since we started using automatic spelling correction. Later in the day, Governor Newsom stated that cursive writing was going to be implemented into the 6th grade curriculum. As a result, it made me wonder and reflect on my own habits. I think as a society, we are not getting dumb or incapable of learning; we are just getting used to the modern advances that do not encourage us to learn "old ways."