This is made-up nonsense. I am a therapist with a very busy caseload, and I have seen none of this.
BTW, who on earth edits these articles? “She said that Trump critics who she treats . . .” It should be “whom she treats”. Pretty soon everyone who ever had to diagram sentences (or learn proper grammar) as a child will be dead.
They haven’t taught cursive writing in most schools for years now.
No, my children (homeschooled) diagrammed sentences. Now that they have children (homeschooled), they’ll be diagramming, too.
At 85 I still diagram sentences—good to know there are some of us around. I still thank our high school sophomore teacher who drilled it into our heads.
Apparently English grammar hasn’t been taught in schools for decades. One of the worst offenses is not knowing the difference between “fewer” and “less”. Makes me crazy.
All these loonies are giving Donald Trump free rent in their heads.!
BINGO! The "whole word" approach to reading has been a disaster of horrendous proportions. Anybody who was taught "whole word" reading absolutely hates reading and cannot write the simplest sentences with correct grammar, spelling or punctuation. Complex subordinate clauses? Ha! No way that will happen correctly. (pardon the sentence fragment there - I am firing for effect).