It's always
seemed
pointless to
cram all kinds of
equations before a
test, just because they're not on there.
That's one
example of the
problem with the
archaic schooling
system found in most schools and
universities.
Memorizing every last
knowledge item on a topic becomes
obsolete in a world of
open source and
instant communication.
More
stress on the
understanding of an
idea is more
appropriate today. This
isn't to say that there is no
degree of
syntactic ability required on a
subject; it's just that there
ought to be more
focus on
gaining a
facility with the subject
matter, rather than just
bulk rote memory.
With less
brute force recall occupying one's
internal processing
power, the
integration of
several different topics in to larger
abstractions is
possible, when the
minor knowledge
gaps
patched by
electric resources when necessary.
It's no wonder that people are moving toward self-directed and self-taught methods of learning.
Note: this type of knowledge
acquisition is
ideal for
conceptual,
building block-
type stuff, like
web scripting and
programming.
something's gotta change
the end