Comments by "" (@zachrodan7543) on "Johnny Harris"
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I think that overall, this route of putting grammar last only really works for languages with similar grammar structures when it comes to things like word order. I think most, if not all, of the latin/greek-rooted languages (basically most of languages spoken natively in the western world) have a similar sentence structure (adjective+)subject/topic (adverb+)verb (adjective+)object context(with whom, where, when). not all languages are like this: the order in japanese is generally "subject/topic context(when, where, with whom) object verb. if you are trying to learn a language where the grammar structure at a word-order level is so vastly different from what you are used to, then that seems like a fairly important thing to start learning early, so that you can actually form sentences which, even if things aren't in the correct conjugation, they still make sense and "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" doesn't become "the quick brown fox lazy dog over jumped", which when I then attempt to interpret as an english sentence sounds like a fast, lazy, fox-like brown dog jumped over "something (not entirely sure what)". I agree with what you are saying about how learning things like how to conjugate the tense of something is not really as immediately important as learning what things are called, but some aspects of grammar (basic sentence structure, how to make a statement negative ("jumped" versus "did not jump", even if you use the wrong conjugation and end up with calling "did not jump" "jumpn't"), and whether adjectives go before or after the noun) seem fairly hard to do without, if you want to be even remotely comprehensible to someone who actually knows the language.
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4:38 as someone who has grown up and identifies as jewish, I count myself lucky to have been raised in a belief system where that ability to question god (especially to other people; you know, people who can actually engage in a conversation, as opposed to some potential being who's very act of responding to such a question is a very boring way of giving an answer to the question) is not only encouraged, but almost feels mandatory (to the point that a significant part of or religious texts could be seen as asking what things even mean and whether we are interpreting things correctly). My personal belief is that religion, not just judaism, but religion as a whole, is not actually about god at all. religion is about creating a community of shared values and with some sort of agreement about how to make the world a better place. there is a reason why most, if not all, religions have a lot of values in common, such as not stealing, not killing, and being kind to your fellow human being. religions also used to serve another purpose: explaining the unexplained and uncontrollable phenomena in the world. for the record, my thoughts on religion are "yes, this is an important part of my life." my thoughts on god, on the other hand, are "I don't know, and, more importantly, I DON'T CARE; religion is about people."
I say this not to argue that it is important to be religious (it certainly was in the past, but these days we seem to be pretty good about agreeing on common standards of decent behavior without needing some big eye in the sky threatening to smite us, be it in this life or whatever version of an afterlife you may or may not believe in. those narratives exist to justify why it is important to be decent to the planet we call home, and our fellow planetmates with whom we have to share it. and yes, every religion has additional oddities that seem strange to anyone on the outside (heck, even from the inside I sometimes question why we go to the trouble of going a week without bread every year, unless you count matzo as bread (which is only slightly more debatable than whether or not it should count as food), but participating in the ritual practice of making those choices to refrain from certain foods during passover is about being a part of a community. for that matter, passover is arguably one of my favorite holidays, as long as I don't listen to my stomach complaining about matzo; while on the surface it is just about celebrating the exodus from slavery in egypt, it is actually much more-so about asking questions (there are definitely some things in the passover rituals which seem to be there almost exclusively to get you to ask "why?")
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I don't think I ever really understood until now, why it is that I find it so hard to commit to reading the newspaper...: I feel like I want to be the type of person who actually bothers to read the paper, and pays attention to what is going on in the world, (and if the pile of unopened newspapers on my couch is anything to go by, I am exceptionally good at doing not-this), the reality is that outside of election season, there is rarely anything in the newspaper other than the comics that is actually relevant for me, and those are only relevant as mild entertainment: I don't actually care on a practical level whether there is a war in Ukraine or anywhere else. I care on an emotional level, but other than choosing not to buy russian products (which I don't anyways, because of the sorts of products I buy), I have no levers to pull and no dials to turn which will allow me to actually affect such things. Is it really worth going to the effort of being informed about whatever the current bunch of outrageous events are that are happening in the world in places which I have no connection to, and no control over? all it gets me is extra stress, and I don't need that. now, if it were news about things that actually affect me, that would be different... I am subscribed to my schools emergency alert text reminder system, which lets me know things like if the school is closed due to snow, or whatever.
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