Russian anymore

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On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Genevra Gerhart wrote:
> About memorization: actually, I suspect that the real problem is that the
> students were never _asked_ to memorize, especially poetry. The argument
> among educationists was that "lock-step" was no way to teach kiddies. And
> that sheer memorization was too mechanical and did not require or enhance
> the ability to think.

Tak, os' i de zarytyj sobaka.

There is also the pervasive attitude that you can't harm the kiddies'
fragile ego - and putting them on the spot like this (i.e. standing in
front of the class to recite poetry) is just too risky.

-- Stephen Bobick

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