Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
Don't know what is taught in English classes now but it isn't the English Language I remember. Order a coffee at Maccas and the response or direction to 'park to the left' is almost unrecognisable as English and is more of a continuous grumbling drawl.
It's no longer English. It's more focused on learning about human experiences, or figuring out what authors meant when they wrote a sentence in a particular page, or analysing a bunch of Shakespeare plays, or writing an essay about some random movie. The 'English' in English classes is virtually non-existent. They don't teach how to have correct grammar, punctuation, or how to sound more advanced when you are writing or speaking, all in an effort to avoid offending someone. It's one of the many things that make the education system a disgrace.