Granted, deformalization isn't currently a word. But it does convey the meaning of what I'm trying to say, namely that society in the U.S. and even in the world is becoming less and less formal.
Coming from a home more formal than most, I have traditionally viewed this as a negative thing and something that should be righted if at all possible. However, today I realized at least one positive outcome of 'deformalization.'
Deformalization allows us to tell it like it is. Instead of hiding behind walls of political correctness, we have created the option to call things absurd when they are. Some of the things I've been reading even have a revolutionary feel to them as they debunk doing things the ways they've always been done just to preserve tradition or to avoid being innovative.
Although the inner struggle persists, I am grateful for this new option. The deeper I get into academia, the more my heart cries out for such options, perhaps because I persist in the belief that academic things can and should be interesting to academics and non-academics alike.
Coming from a home more formal than most, I have traditionally viewed this as a negative thing and something that should be righted if at all possible. However, today I realized at least one positive outcome of 'deformalization.'
Deformalization allows us to tell it like it is. Instead of hiding behind walls of political correctness, we have created the option to call things absurd when they are. Some of the things I've been reading even have a revolutionary feel to them as they debunk doing things the ways they've always been done just to preserve tradition or to avoid being innovative.
Although the inner struggle persists, I am grateful for this new option. The deeper I get into academia, the more my heart cries out for such options, perhaps because I persist in the belief that academic things can and should be interesting to academics and non-academics alike.
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