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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by WalterBright on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:17AM (#35382491)
I never memorized anything in math. After working enough problem sets, you just know it. Frankly, rote memorization of math is a worthless endeavor.
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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by allturtles on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:53PM (#35390632)
Isn't that what memorizing is? Repeating something until you just know it? I don't understand the distinction you're making.
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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by WalterBright on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:06PM (#35391827)
> Isn't that what memorizing is? Repeating something until you just know it?

Memorizing is a directed effort to remember something. Remembering something as a side effect of some other task is not memorization.

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