Right you are. We normies had better speak now while we still have a First Amendment. Speaking of normies, how many of us had to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution in school, and each must say it aloud in class?
Right you are. We normies had better speak now while we still have a First Amendment. Speaking of normies, how many of us had to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution in school, and each must say it aloud in class?
The Preamble, Gettysburg Address, The Declaration of Independence (sans the Articles),23rd Psalm, and books of the Bible. And I went to public elementary school in early 1960s. There were scores of American poetry assigned to memorize during this time as well.
Sadly, as the post-modern period took hold somewhere around 1968 and thereafter, memorization skills were dropped to the detriment of all students.
And now with dependence on phones & address books we generally canтАЩt remember our most frequently called phone numbers! I used to know dozens by heart. Now I have to double check even my husbandтАЩs number when asked. How embarrassing
Right you are. We normies had better speak now while we still have a First Amendment. Speaking of normies, how many of us had to memorize the Preamble to the Constitution in school, and each must say it aloud in class?
The Preamble, Gettysburg Address, The Declaration of Independence (sans the Articles),23rd Psalm, and books of the Bible. And I went to public elementary school in early 1960s. There were scores of American poetry assigned to memorize during this time as well.
Sadly, as the post-modern period took hold somewhere around 1968 and thereafter, memorization skills were dropped to the detriment of all students.
And now with dependence on phones & address books we generally canтАЩt remember our most frequently called phone numbers! I used to know dozens by heart. Now I have to double check even my husbandтАЩs number when asked. How embarrassing
Many of us share your embarrassment.