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> Or is what children learn determined more by precedent and cultural or institutional norms Yeah, it always is, that’s just how human societies work.
by thatfrenchguy 9y ago
> Or is what children learn determined more by precedent and cultural or institutional norms
Yeah, it always is, that’s just how human societies work.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoI remember learning how to write official letters at school. Dear Sir. Dear Madam. Yours faithfully. Yours sincerely. Your obedient servant. In the classroom, we were told it was so very important to get the language right. In fact it was a complete waste of time. I used the language a handful of times - the stylings were already becoming archaic - then email conventions took over. Now we have "Hi", or maybe "Hello", and "Kind regards" - if email occurs at all, and the entire exchange isn't an informal collection of short text messages. The Guardians of Culture in schools seem reliably clueless. I suspect their opinions are so definite because they have so little else to offer, and appearing to be right about something is better than admitting the truth about that. Likewise with cursive. Kids today benefit more from YouTube editing and social media skills - and by the time they start getting jobs, those will probably be archaic skills too.
- Bromskloss 9y ago> the stylings were already becoming archaic Let's do something about that! :-)