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Imagine if they taught the history of English to kids before they could read
by hfgjbcgjbvg 1y ago
Imagine if they taught the history of English to kids before they could read
- moffkalast 1y agoSince most people throughout history couldn't read, I guess it would be relatable?
- cafard 1y agoHow many of those who couldn't read knew the history of their or other languages?
- internet_rand0 1y agothey might just remember it all once they're adults! imagine that!? an historically informed populace??? you'd need more expensive lies and higher quality fakes... the government would be costlier to run. ideally, in the long term this would make the national currency's value in the international money market rise up. but why wait for that when one can directly manipulate money through trade fraud and covert military ploys?
- RogerL 1y agoThat's not the point, the point is the ordering is inverted, not that history shouldn't be learned.
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- milesrout 1y agoThe history of English is taught in English classes. Historical context is important and interesting. You don't really understand a subject without knowing a bit of its history. My favourite classes were those where we didn't just get taught facts and theorems but we also got taught a bit about who proved the theorem for the first time, who discovered this fact, what this algorithm was first used for, etc. So much easier to remember too. This is one of the best things about studying law: the very nature of it makes it impossible to teach it without the historical context.
- Zambyte 1y agoThe key part to me is the "before they could read". I think the history of computing is probably far more interesting when you have more context as to where that history got us.