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Originally Posted by issybird
He also specifically mentioned having to read Chaucer, so that part of the lecture seems unnecessary.
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Most schools prior to college level would not use a Middle English/English edition as they tend to cost more and the need for a linguistic comparison between the two is generally not beneficial before that level of study. As Jon did not specify when he read it, stating only the nebulous term “school”, I could only presume that the use of teacher rather than professor coupled with forcing students to a curriculum during a formative period, and one where the student had seemingly no control over the classes they took would place the reading in high school or below.
I’ll cede the point on olde English vs Old English save that olde English is hardly challenging with the same understanding of English as it would take to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which Jon seems in favor of inflicting on students, and a competent teacher. Though one can argue it wouldn’t matter what was read without a competent teacher to act as a guide, at least for some percentage of the students.