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What Cajundaddy said.
Most of my youthful brainpower was spent tuning out the various manifestations of rote memorization exercises with little practical usage, then trying to remember enough in a short amount of time to create a high enough number at the top of the page, but only in order to continue on to the next level.
The teachers did what they could, but there were few that really were able to capture the attention and inspire a large classroom. I did do well in schools with fewer students, which equates to more feedback and instructor interaction, and that is something to consider in this new age of two-earner families and missing authority figures.
IMO school should be a full time buffet sampling and not a huge standardized meal. The process of learning is so much more important than what is being learned. Education should be there to prickle and inspire the natural curiosity and abilities within youth and both provide a pathway to utilize and further these motivations these in other venues as well as interacting with often-oblivious parents and giving them an alternative viewpoint as to what types of skill sets their children exceed at(because often they don't even know).
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