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this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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In an ideal world, sure. School, largely, hasn’t taught that in a long time. That’s not how the incentive structures work. School is incentivized by grades, grades don’t go up with learning, teaching is hard, memorizing and regurgitating? That’s much easier. Tests have been changed to reflect that.
Unless, you’re not American that is. I wouldn’t have any experience with a somewhat functional education system.