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Originally Posted by kane
That is true. I remember at least half of my classes in high school were simply us reading a chapter in the book, taking notes on it and then taking a test on it. I'm sure I learned things, but mostly I just memorized and retained knowledge until I took the test. The classes that I really learned a lot in were the ones where we had a lot of discussion and the teacher really went into the material in depth.
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Actually, what makes the US school system so much worse in the sense that it doesn't encourage individuals to think independently are multiple-choice tests. Such crap and it's used all the way through college.