yah, sorry. I tend to kneejerk my reax when it comes to school. bein' a edukater an' all...

there is still some talk of Aesop in schools, but there is no question that schools have changed. however, I think you're right when you say that proverbs weren't necessarily a big part of school for most of us. a lot of us picked that up at church, and I think that there are fewer kids going to churches that use that sort of teaching. I also had a ton of books growing up(go figure), and there were many collections of good stories and proverbs and fables, etc...
anyway, the best thing that us wordy types can do is volunteer at schools to read to kids, to tell stories, to help out in the classroom and show kids that words and stories are cool, and that there are adults out there that love them. words and kids, that is...


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