“Papyrus was the main medium to write upon for nearly 3,000 years.”
In upstate New York elementary schools, we were taught about the Egyptians writing on papyrus probably in sixth grade. It’s always stuck with me. Last hear, I started growing papyrus as an annual ornamental plant in my garden. A number of people have remarked about the odd plant and I tell them “It’s papyrus — the plant the Egyptians used to make paper and wrote on. You remember learning about that in school, right?”
Not one person I’ve talked to has ever heard of papyrus. That strikes me as odd, but perfectly emblematic of the dumbing down of education.
It’s very hard to even get children to read books these days
It’s all the iPhone
Not one person I’ve talked to has ever heard of papyrus. That strikes me as odd, but perfectly emblematic of the dumbing down of education.
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not to mention that it was a great spelling bee word... but that’s too stressful an activity today, I’m sure.. (there’s a winner..)