• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They should be learning them both. All of this discussion of “why not this instead of that” is wrong, because the children should be learning it all.

    There is not a known limit to the amount of things a human being can learn. Each and every one of us should be trying to learn more, all the time. The more skills you have, the better.

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      1 year ago

      There is a limit on time and resources though. While it would be nice to teach everyone everything, that’s not possible.

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        1 year ago

        Also whatever’s taught in schools is mandatory. You can’t just skip cursive lessons if you don’t want to bother