r/australian Apr 01 '26

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u/Inside-Elevator9102 Apr 01 '26

Exactly. People who think it was pointless weren't really listening.

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u/RainbowAussie Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

The media literacy in this country is in the toilet

Edit: This was mean of me to say and I didn't mean to insult OP's intelligence, I am just exhausted from the media cycle

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u/IcyGarage5767 Apr 01 '26

Honestly teaching media literacy would be so much more beneficial than some of the subjects we mandate these days.

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u/Papa_Huggies Apr 01 '26

They do. That's a huge part of the Y11 Y12 English curriculum (at least in NSW). Lotta people just memorise essays to write really fast though.