Well I get where you are coming from, but the world has changed since you were a kid.

Imagine when he is in school and his friends tell him to scroll and he has no idea how to even scroll?

They won’t. At least here in the US. More and more schools don’t allow kids to even take phones to school and if they do, they have to stay in backpacks. In my state, all schools are like that.

The last school I worked at last year, if a could was caught with a phone, they would take the kids phone and keep it in the office and would only hand it over to a parent

Now the kid does need to be tech-oriented for the modern world. But WAY too many people are addicted to phones. So teaching the kid that life is more than tech is a good thing.

Heck, I’ve even seen posts in this community where people are saying they couldn’t go an entire week with out Youtube and are frustrated with themselves over it.

Yep, I agree. It’s just that since it is not longer required learning anywhere for anything, it’s dying. Which sucks.

Dankon, amiko!

Looking into the history of Ojibway right now because of your comment. Thank you!

Well here in the US, and in the state I’m in, not a lot of bilingual needs. I know Spanish is pretty popular in a lot of places, and I’ll eventually learn it. But since I’m 55 years old, esperanto seemed more fun. And it’s got an interesting history. Thanks!

I was thinking of learning Morse Code, even tho it’s pretty much extinct now that it’s not required for a radio license anymore. I like the history of it and how excited people were about it back in the day. I think it’s still important, so it sucks that it’s going away.

I love the idea of Toki Pona, since it’s quick and short. But I went for Esperanto instead. I may try Toki Pona again tho!

You can always start up again. We belive in you!

Yep, I’m with you in this misery, friend!

Dankon, amiko!

Dankon, amiko!

I am jealous fo your programming knowledge. I’d have a lot more money today if I had that skillset!

You win the interwebs today. ❤️

Ah, the propaedeutic effect? I think that Esperanto shows the “guts” of the grammar faster than other languages do, and that helps learning languages with similar features.

Yep, that’s what they say.

Whoa! I’m having a tough enough time just learning Esperanto, which is supposed to be easy. But bruh, you are a whole other level. Awesome!

Oy, those are tough ones for us English speakers.

Funny you mentioned the Hunger Games. I never read them until I took a job at a middle school last year. Every single classroom had rows of them on the bookshelves. So I grabbed a few. They are really good books! I get the hype now!

Thanks for that link. I’ll check it out!

Yeah, I am a great lover of e-books, and in fact have been on the e-book train since pda’s. I even had a rocket book. Long before kindle or anything.

But a lot of the strange crap I read isn’t in ebook format. But after I fill my shelves, I’ll probably be done with paper books. I like the look of a good study.

My house is paid off, so I’m not going anywhere. This is my forever home. And if by some chance I became sick or something and had to move, then books would be the least of my problems.

But e-books are def my main reading and in fact, a source of income for me since I write them.

That’s awesome. One a week! I need to catch up!

Not considering audio books in the statistic is a little weird and comes off as attempted gatekeeping

Nah, not meaning it to look like that. I just like picturing people sitting reading. I listen to audiobooks myself. But I like reading the words. So it was just my personal preference for the post, not a judgement on audiobooks.