Anonymous“I think you've missed the connection between prescriptivism and English exams. And, does one really need to know the word "prescriptivism" before one can observe and be affected by its ideology?”
No, but generally speaking, English exams are only a little subset of all the exams someone has to take, and prescriptive nonsense only involves a little subset of what matters in an essay, for example.
Plus, if you take a look around on the net, if you exclude language-related forums or websites, you will probably see that prescriptivism is not really affecting many people, and they really don't seem to be worrying about it.
if u try to correct someones comment on youtube your often gonna get a bunch of insults cuz they just dont care and there like relax dude.... of course this could mean that school's more like a joke and exams r more like silly games then like anything serious but after all it hasn't bin taken 2 seriously 4 a while alredy...