"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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But the rest of your statement basically boils down to not wanting to
learn something complex. And that can be further reduced to instant
gratification.

It can also be related to "mental capacity". Our current learning by
rote does not prepare one for learning complexity, nor for expanding
on what we do learn.

How old are you Matt? I had you pegged at around my age, 45, maybe a
little older.

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When I was in school we learned lots of things by rote memorization and
I'd be willing you did to.

Yup.

Multiplication, spelling and the worst of all history in which they
seemed to only care that you remembered the dates things happened not
really why they happened.

Multipliciation tables (the 9's) is a method to make the basics automatic.
Before that, though, one must get a fundemental grasp of numbers. For
spelling, one learns the rules of how words are formed. For reading, it's
phonetics (26 basic rules), and a dictionary for new words (ostensibly to
garner an appreciation for pretentious *******s like Bill Buckley...and
me).

I might add that history, geography and most other classes were NOT taught
by rote, at least my elementary (parochial) school. When I transitioned to
public high school, it was much different.