EDUCATION, VIRTUALLY A HUMAN RIGHT, ABBREVIATED ENGLISH AND FRENCH ABBREVIATIONS IN ADOLESCENTS’ LANGUAGE
Education, Virtually A Human Right, Abbreviated English and French Abbreviations in Adolescents’ Language

Summary/Abstract: Education has been declared to be a universal human right, just like health. The global crises’ context (pandemics, wars) proved that virtual education has failed its beneficiaries. The transition from in-person to remote education misspelled success. It spelled failure, only amplifying the already large inequalities that have plagued on-site education. Although it was designed to have democratized access, remote education has turned into a limit: limited access to electronic devices and printed material, limited access to electric power in the house, limited access to Internet connection (and devices enough for three or five pupils in the same house), limited help of adults with enough schooling? The present paper - a cry in the desert - tackles the current negative effect of virtual education as manifested in the growing number of abbreviations present in the language of children and adolescents.

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