OT? Dumbing down of society

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Many pilots (way too many) commit facts to memory to get past
the flight and written exams. It's rote learning, without the
understanding necessary to be safe. Exams tend to encourage that sort
of thing.


Ironically, the FAA exams (including the Fundamentals of Instruction, which
preaches the pitfalls of rote memorization) are exercises in rote learning
because ASA, Gleim, etc publish the questions and answers to the written
exams.

I used them and scored 90s on the written exams, but I still feel like I
short-changed my own aviation education, so I've taken to re-reading the
Jeppeson instrument/commercial manual to reinforce my understanding of the
concepts.



-c