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I was looking for the story on the right, my grandfather was a navvie there. But look at the language. It would have more in common with a ‘broadsheet’ today.
And the fiche from the late 1800s had the bare minimum local stuff and would carry stories about the empire, foreign affairs. All sorts of stuff. Clearly it’s local audience would be happy reading that. Population now 25,000 not sure what it was in 1920.
And yet we are to (wrongly) tell ourselves education is improving over time. I suppose these papers pre dated television and radio too.
It makes you think. I got quite an awakening
That’s wrong. the educated are more literate today. teaching methods are better. Kids are taught from a younger age. People have greater Access to knowledge. Kids don’t suffer from lead poisoning or malnourishment which affected their intellect.People had much longer attention spans to actually read an article back then, without the distractions of modern technology.
Also the educated are probably no less literate (or perhaps moreso) than today, just at a guess, more people as a whole in society are reading to a minimum standard in modern times.
That’s wrong. the educated are more literate today. teaching methods are better. Kids are taught from a younger age. People have greater Access to knowledge. Kids don’t suffer from lead poisoning or malnourishment which affected their intellect.
You are confusing attention spans with boredom. People in the past were more bored and had less choice.
Is there a point you are trying to make?Do you know what literacy is?
Is there a point you are trying to make?
No I suggest you actually get to the point rather than continue to obsfucate. As right now it appears you have no point and are backtracking.Perhaps you need to work on your own literacy.
No I suggest you actually get to the point rather than continue to obsfucate. As right now it appears you have no point and are backtracking.