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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really, You think memorization and then regurgitation is the way for a student to learn effectively and then succeed in real life? Of course it’s a root to most languages but to each its own [/quote]

Now, did anyone actually say anything like that?

A powerful individual memory remains an extraordinary tool in the most challenging professions. Consider medicine, where physicians must commit to memory all of the intricate details of anatomy, as well as a vast body of diagnostic and pharmacological data. Or the practice of law, where the ability to recall precedents, the content of specific documents, and the details of particular witness testimony grants a competitive advantage in a world where nearly everything can be looked up but there simply is not time to do so given externally imposed deadlines.

The way to build memory skills is to memorize things.  The work (memorization) is a means to an end (powerful memory). These are classic concepts. To suggest that this involves mere "regurgitation" is equivalent to suggesting that when Anne-Sophie Mutter played Beethoven's Violin Concerto, she was merely "regurgitating" the memorized score. [/quote]

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