answer:Better than teaching them to write something randomly without telling them what it is. It’s a useful phrase to be able to recognize, as it appears in all sorts of artwork, on buildings, all kinds of things. Should those kids ever visit a museum or (heaven forbid) leave their one horse town and see the world, they’ll potentially see those words on a piece of 14th century Seljuk pottery or woven into an antique rug. I don’t understand why people freak out over their kids learning things. Oh no! They might learn how to get ideas or think or something!