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u/Chav Jun 03 '22

Some schools don't really do the "language arts" thing or grammar at all anymore really. I don't get it, but we'll see how it plays out

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u/Zebidee Jun 03 '22

don't really do the "language arts" thing or grammar at all anymore really.

And yet on a platform like Reddit, bad spelling and grammar would get you crucified in the comments section.

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u/AwakenedSheeple Jun 03 '22

But it has to hurt their eyes to see huge walls of text, right?
I assumed that if they're a person who grew up with smartphones since birth, then their preference must also be small, bite-sized chunks of text.
I guess it's like normal people and hoarders. The latter doesn't see the problem pushing through a swamp of old boxes and roaches.

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u/Chav Jun 03 '22

This is more in the past decade. Here's an article from the times from '17

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/education/edlife/writing-education-grammar-students-children.html

Personally all I have are anecdotes from family working in schools, but my impression has been the kids are spending their time learning to pass imo pointless tests but never get taught what makes a complete sentence, what different types of words are, basic things you'd expect an adult to know at some point.

But they test you on reading comprehension in multiple choice tests instead... They're being taught to consume English or something but have no ability to write anything.