As a lawyer, I happen to believe that plain English gets my point across better - and is a lot more pleasant to read - than technically correct language from five centuries ago. I know a lot of lawyers like the tried-and-true verbiage, but you all will agree with me that nobody wants to read it.
You don’t have to use “dumb” words to use the right word!
What really counts is whether the point of the words is correct. I’m all for calling a math equation a “number sentence” if it teaches the kid what the essence of an equation is! Back in my day, most kids just learned math by rote, so it’s the Europeans, Japanese and Chinese kids who mastered the concepts - and produced the profitable engineering, manufacturing and basic research.
I say, sclerotic three-Rs are not worth learning if they’re just going to leave America behind the 8-ball for yet another generation. Let’s put fresh blood into education.
As a lawyer, I happen to believe that plain English gets my point across better - and is a lot more pleasant to read - than technically correct language from five centuries ago. I know a lot of lawyers like the tried-and-true verbiage, but you all will agree with me that nobody wants to read it.
You don’t have to use “dumb” words to use the right word!
What really counts is whether the point of the words is correct. I’m all for calling a math equation a “number sentence” if it teaches the kid what the essence of an equation is! Back in my day, most kids just learned math by rote, so it’s the Europeans, Japanese and Chinese kids who mastered the concepts - and produced the profitable engineering, manufacturing and basic research.
I say, sclerotic three-Rs are not worth learning if they’re just going to leave America behind the 8-ball for yet another generation. Let’s put fresh blood into education.