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Re:Japanese rules for writing your ABCs are surprisingly strict by ver_ture on Monday June 08, 2020 @12:06PM (#23457794)
Creating this Japanese overlay of rules for English writing is disingenuous. The students might be in for a minor shellshock outside of her class.

I respect the conventions they have for writing in Japanese, it's perfectly tailored to using a brush. The teacher should respect English conventions, the free-form, the cursive, either one.

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Re:Japanese rules for writing your ABCs are surprisingly strict by bradly on Monday June 08, 2020 @02:07PM (#23459023)
> it's perfectly tailored to using a brush.

It isn't just using a brush; even with a pen and paper simple hiragana is easier when using proper stroke order.

> The teacher should respect English conventions

The teacher is following Japanese culture conventions to teach people of the Japanese culture a different language. People unfamiliar with the culture or the teacher should respect that.

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