my 3rd grader came home with this today from school, excited to show me how he’d written his name in Chinese. I had to gently explain to him that this is, uh… extremely Not Correct
my 3rd grader came home with this today from school, excited to show me how he’d written his name in Chinese. I had to gently explain to him that this is, uh… extremely Not Correct
An important part of growing up, is learning to recognize all the weird shit you were taught as a child, and trying to continue your education beyond that. Generally I don't stress over whether my teacher taught me the correct stuff all of the time, because honestly, because at the very least they gave me a foundation to operate from. And now I spend my days using my education to post with all the good people and :LIB: people on this site. Which does occassionally teach you something useful.
I guess the irony of it is that I recognize the push-pull effect much better than if she just explained it properly all those years ago. Recognizing that my teacher is fallible and trying to learn without her was an important skill, and surely helped as I began to traverse the internet around that time