May 26, 2024
the way writing is taught in school is the equivalent of teaching students maths in Roman numerals and then abruptly switching to Arabic numbers and then phasing out Arabic numerals entirely once the generation that whined about Arabic numerals became teachers and if you dare to say hey maybe we should teach children this way more efficient way to represent numbers you’d get lambasted for forcing students to sit through useless pointless lessons that were unnecessary because calculators exist.