The uses of Catalan generates An eternal debate on social networks which reflects the positions of all Spaniards regarding this subject. Some defend their presence and the idea of preserving the language in all sectors, while others consider that the only Spanish language should be Spanish. Of course, they are also Those who think that all languages should be learned with autonomy and their own choiceas is the case with an influencer who has dealt with this issue.
It’s about @tolsanomicsa young creator of content and of Catalan origin dedicated to educating all his followers on liberal economy. Treat issues like politics or linguistics and makes social reflectionsamong others. However, the video that now concerns is the one that has offered its verdict on the following question: “Should you force Catalan to learn in schools?”. His answer has been clear and has appealed to this practice will generate severe consequences on the youngest.
Your answer is blunt, since it ensures that “Study Catalan in the Mata schools, and a Catalan who knows how to speak the language perfectly” tells you. To offer a more detailed explanation, it points to “Language is A tool to favor communicationnot an excuse to enter stupid cultural wars “. Learning languages is equally legitimate as learning to dance sardanas or doing Castells explains, but you should never force young children to study it because “It’s something that is not right”.
“You have to do things that can give them a future productivity”
In the earliest stages of all people, such as childhood, It is usually more complicated to make decisions for oneselfand this happens with educational aspects. “Young children cannot study voluntarily because they would decide, or do nothing, or study the Pokémon”he establishes while also says that what to ‘force them’ is to nurture more necessary things for their future.
“What you have to force them is to do things that can give them a future productivity, do not instill for cultures and traditions that may not interest them”reason. Talking again about what is the co -official language of Catalonia, it reflects that it is something that is studied “From 3 years to 18, so we talk 15 years for 4 hours per week”calculate. All this corresponds to “An equivalent to three hours of university career. If Catalan was not taught, we could end the institute before or math, physics or medicine” could be taught “he states.
“It’s not a matter of hating Catalan, it’s a matter of being practical”
This “metaphor” that he is explaining to his audience also aims to demonstrate that “We could get the Catalan students with half of the medicine career. We would have the best doctors,”dictates while teaching that the same would happen with other professions. “This is what is called the opportunity cost” He holds while ensuring that this is not any kind of hatred of Catalan, but “It’s simply a matter of being practical”.
For him, another problem is the amount of hours to be spent to learn any type of language. “The problem is that learning these languages is a long time that I could go to, for example, learn to save lives, and they are not doing it”precise. In this sense, this would be the best way to find the best common cause for Catalonia. Speak the following question: “Why don’t we change the fight for preserve obsolete language to a struggle to have the most qualified professionals around the world? “.
“Defend Catalan blindly in schools sounds absurd”
The same could happen if Catalan is replaced for free time instead of another subject, something that would do “Having the happiest children in the world”. His conclusion of these ideas is that “You are defending a language that, as we have said before, is a tool for the place of which it precedes”. As an end to the question of whether Catalan should be forced to learn or not in institutes, it offers another point of view regarding defending it because it is something traditional in Catalonia.
“On the argument of defending it for being a tradition, we could also claim that you have to teach children in schools to learn Latin, to make castles, to stick with sticks and to mount cabins with mud”details while ensuring that Defend Catalan In educational centers for the little ones “Sounds equally absurd”. After these statements, the video comes to an end.