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Reddit mentions of The Disappearance of Childhood
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Vintage Random House
Specs:
Color | Brown |
Height | 8 Inches |
Length | 5.2 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | August 1994 |
Weight | 0.39021820374 Pounds |
Width | 0.5 Inches |
Published in 1994: https://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Childhood-Neil-Postman/dp/0679751661
https://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Childhood-Neil-Postman/dp/0679751661/ref=nodl_
I snooped around on this topic on reddit and I found this,
http://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/e3ziz/8090_of_women_have_been_harassed_in_public/c156278
I did not know that the age of consent for marriage in many US states until the 1900s was 10, while in Delaware, it was 7.
It also reminded me of a book by Neil Postman, titled The Disappearance of Childhood. In it, he described childhood as being a categorization that correlates with the creation of the public school system. Prior to mandatory education, women and men in certain cases married a lot earlier. Its an interesting read. The book itself is about 177 pages so its fairly short.
Neil Postman spent a lifetime studying this stuff. He does an especially good job of laying out arguments for reading/abstraction in The Disappearance of Childhood.
> People generally describe things through metaphor and allegory to keep the message interesting and less dry.
Metaphors are used to make a message clearer, not to make it "less dry." I'd suggest reading this lesson on metaphors.
Sorry to be so stubborn about this. I spend a good amount of time working with the importance of reading in learning how to comprehend and communicate ideas.
> People describe abstract ideas in concrete, literal terms all the time
I challenge you to do this right now, without using metaphor, similes or symbolism.