I was just being a little goofy with a comment and rambling on. I’m sure I often make mistakes with my grammar, and sometimes I intentionally do, because I’m trying to write in a way that comes across more like I sound when I talk, or what others sound like when they talk.
What made me think of this post was that I find it interesting that so much work goes into learning proper grammar, and then years later we’re trying to find ways to use letters and symbols to write like we talk, rather than write using “proper” grammar. I often think some of the grammar rules should simply be changed. My first sentence ends with “on” as the last word. I don’t know anyone of any age that would not understand what I meant. Technically, it is a grammar mistake.
The foresight comes into play by thinking about what age we learn grammar and then thinking about how we will use that, many years later. I’m almost 35. Most of the grammar I learned was probably learned by age 10. That’s 25 years ago, and I’m very confident none of my teachers were thinking about how we might be writing blogs or using Instant Messenger or sending text messages with our phones. They weren’t even thinking of email when I was 10. Google wasn’t even around until I was about 26 years old.
So, what about another quarter century from now? Or, just the next decade?
Well, I don’t want to be like any of my teachers. They were making sure I was doing things “right” and making sure I was punished for doing things “wrong”. I want to think about what might be happening in 25 years, and to do little and big things to prepare. I want to think about what is possible a lot more than what I want to think about what is right or wrong.
I’m not advocating anything about right and wrong here. I’m advocating about foresight and thinking and listening and perspective.
I think having a flexible and creative perspective of the future lends to a healthier view of right now. Maybe by thinking that way we might lose some of our pride and ego about thinking we want things the way they are now (especially in America). Or, maybe I’m weird and just can’t stand thinking in favor of the status quo. I think that hurts creativity, limits growth, and retards potential. I think we are all capable of so much more than just trying to get through the day.
Hmmm…
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