Hi All,
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Originally Posted by Omaroo
Are you implying that current school kids are not taught good old "running writing" as part of their standard curriculum any more? I can't believe that, surely!
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So far as I'm aware "joined-up writing" is no longer taught. My daughter finished the HSC last year, primary school in 2002 and there was not a jot.
When she saw "running writing" for the first time (my missus still uses it habitually), she thought it quaint, in a similar vein to a record that had music on both sides -- that was utterly astonishing.
I guess it comes back to the fact that there must be insufficient room in the syllabus because there are so many other
really important things to be taught these days in primary school
It also goes back to your earlier quite correct observation Chris, about the appalling standard of the teachers. If they can't do it, how can they teach the kids?
I could tell you a story or two about high-school science teachers in the public system that were involved in my daughter's "education", but I'll leave that for another time ...
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Originally Posted by Octane
If there is one thing that really annoys me, as far as language is concerned, it is the use of the term^ "tweet(s)" in reference to the vermin that is Tw*tt*r.
^ I use the word "term", loosely.
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Twitter should instead be called "minutiae" (for that is what it is). The individual posts then become "minutes" ?
Best,
Les D
P.S Even better, in the spirit of "Twitter" and "Tweet" it could be re-named "Minutiae" and "Manure"??