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Yeah and in so-called "English language" why are they teaching kids how to use semi-colons and paragraphs instead of etymology and James Joyce.
by jebus989 13y ago
Yeah and in so-called "English language" why are they teaching kids how to use semi-colons and paragraphs instead of etymology and James Joyce.
- timthorn 13y agoBecause James Joyce is taught in English Literature, not English Language.
- jebus989 13y agoA mind-numbingly tedious point, even for HN. Unsurprisingly English language courses also require study of written texts [0] but that's irrelevant for the purposes of the analogy. [0] http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language-4705/subject-content http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language...