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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t want my kids wasting time memorizing something like the Gettysburg address. Very pointless. In addition, some kids have issues with memorization. And can you imagine the teacher and students having to listen to 28 kids recite the Gettysburg address?![/quote]

And some kids have trouble with math, but are still required to take it.   :roll:  So many excuses, no wonder FCPS is what it is nowadays.[/quote]

+1000 kids are coddled way too much today. If kids can’t memorize facts or equations how will they function later in life.   They won’t.  They will be led by their iPhone.   A scary future. 
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Kids will utilize math and lots of facts in everyday life, true. Will they use their rote memorization of the Gettysburg address? They won't, admit it. [/quote]

Ah.  Another parent who pushes only STEM subjects and thinks the humanities are useless.  You are being extremely literal, as I'm sure is your intent.  Why are you fixated on The Gettysburg Address, to the exclusion of so many other works?  The idea of being well-rounded and well-versed culturally must really trigger you for some reason.
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