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When my son was 10, he gave me a card for my birthday.
In it, apart from the usual wishes, was a hand-written link to a YouTube video. 40-odd characters with random letters and numbers, carefully calligraphed by a 10 year old.
It took me 3 attempts to land at the correct page.
I got rickrolled.
We once played a game with our Scouts group to help everyone memorise the names of Scouts who had just joined us.
Whenever someone mispronounced ‘Nikolaj’ (a new Scout of Slovak descent), his two friends would correct us with the proper pronunciation.
Other leaders and I were corrected at least ten times each. I felt embarrassed that, as a native speaker of a Slovak language, I struggled to pronounce ‘Nikolaj’.
Months later I learnt they were doing a bit from ‘Brooklyn 99’.
@RaffKarva kids are doing great these days
I think so too. I used to coach volleyball, run Scouts, and teach groups of high school students from all over Europe. My son’s generation is much smarter than an average person my age. I can’t wait for them to take over.
(Of course my statement is based on anecdotal experience with a limited diversity of sample subjects - majority European, majority from good neighbourhoods etc).
@RaffKarva No I totally get it, I also worked with children in the past and I share a similar thought