Making It Great In 2008 (Part20): Dumbing Down Or Doing It Up

it's September and the new school year is now off the ground but there's this crazy phenomenon happening called dumbing down basically our children have decided that it's not very cool if you're seen as being someone who's very smart in school they're getting grades on the level of just barely passing through for if you look too smart the others will make fun of you but what the generation of today fails to see is that education is the key to greater opportunity when I think of the struggle my ancestors had in order to get educated to be given a chance to one day become economically elevated then I look around the word and have come to realize that children in third world nations see education as a great prize dumbing down is the latest form of mental slavery today sabotaging our children's success and stopping their equal pay to follow the status quo just to appear cool dumbing down their assets to act like simple fools no marketable skills and no chance to succeed emulating those artists who rap about money, violence and greed how will they ever compete in this global economy when they don't even possess a basic college degree? dumbing down their assets instead of doing them up walking around wondering why they now have empty cups they need to use that gift from God which is their smarts and get that education which in life will give them a head start and whatever they go on to do in their lives be it in either word or in deed pray that they do it in Jesus' name and plant a mighty seed don't let the world discourage them and attempt to keep them down elevate them in Jesus' name and plant them on higher ground they run around with their pants hanging off their butts and doo-rags on their heads looking like street gang executioners and not Wall Street executives instead as parents we've got to do our best to make sure they get educated as parents we've got to pray for them and make sure in the Word they're elevated so pray for them, cry over them and help them to do their best encourage them and let them know they can be better than all the rest the children are our future, our hope and our legacy so make sure as parents that they get every opportunity making it great in 2008 by telling your kids to do it up and not dumb down just make sure you do it in Jesus' name and with love abound