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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Went to college here in US and that how it was the whole 4 years. The stuff I was expected to know was all over the place - handouts, notes, online somewhere, maybe some in a textbook if you are lucky. Studying for a test was like a treasure hunt. sometime you found it, sometime you didn't. Luckily there was the multiple choice, so my chances of picking the right answer was pretty good. I learned nothing though.
In Europe we had textbooks in all subject. We were tested only on the chapter or chapters, but never multiple choice. You were expected to write essay  style answers usually.
Here every class is one big research - mostly looking for the lose leaf handouts. Why not just add a research class if it's so important.[/quote]

No comment on whether this is developmentally appropriate for a middle schooler, but for a college aged kid (or even high school) this seems like far better preparation for life than having everything be in an obvious spot in a textbook.  In reality with the internet, information is at our fingertips, but we have to figure out how to find it and synthesize it for any white collar job these days.[/quote]

I went to school the old fashioned way (with textbooks) and I have a white collar job and did tons of research as a grad student with no problems. DH also went to school in textbook days and has a job that is only research. [/quote]

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