There are a lot of folks commenting on my post, asking why it is important. I think you understand it. You want a wide palette of cultural idioms and metaphors in order to find better ways of connecting with your students. Otherwise it doesn't matter. People learn through taking patterns they already have and extending them. That means as a teacher you need an understanding of the common patterns your students carry around.

I envy you. Must be cool to get immediate, day-to-day feedback on your work, even if it wears on a person after a while.

> You want a wide palette of cultural idioms and metaphors in order to find better ways of connecting with your students.

Some of my (law) students barely know what the TV show Seinfeld was — and one semester a couple of them, native-born Americans no less, weren't familiar with Friends.

Oddly enough, my 14 year old daughter has just binge-watched the whole thing on Netflix UK.

My own now-adult daughter and her BFF were such Friends fanatics that they could tell you what episode it is just from hearing a line of dialog quoted.

I'm 26 and I've heard of friends, but I couldn't differentiate it from cheer if you played a random episode for me. sorry.

Is this the same old revolution, or a completely new one? Also I supposed it will be streamed not televised.