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Default 'for' as a conjunction to mean 'because', archaic?

I have a university English Composition teacher who comes to me for conversation practice once a week. Every week she writes a one page essay on something, but it's more like a blog entry. Her English is very good and so sometimes her English is correct but awkward.

"I'm not particular about seats on the airplane, for I usually sleep while flying."

That's an example sentence from her essay. How do you feel about the "for" here. It seems overly formal to me. I want to change it to "because", but should I?
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