Herman Rubin said:
>They should read the texts until they learn what they can
>from them. They should be asked to write FEW papers, and
>not asked to do any problems they know how to do!
>The workplace, not the school, is the place for routine work.
>Routine work, at any level beyond what MIGHT be a necessary
>minimum, detracts from education.
How would you teach multiplication facts, if not through
routine work and doing problems they "know how to do"?
Arithmetic, spelling, writing, ... all require practice.
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