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"Now everyone will have an easy reference table at hand!" (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 194 points 1 month ago (44 children)

Is this an American thing? We did absolutely not have to memorize any of that thing. We had to understand the structure, why the rows and columns etc. But memorizing it serves no purpose.

With every class including tests and exams we were allowed to use a reference book. This book was pretty thick and contained a whole lot of info including the periodic table and all the info about elements you could ever need.

I think my education (keep in mind this was 25 years ago) was focused more on the why and less on the what. If you understand why something is the way it is, the reason behind it and how to use it, you know a lot more than just being a flesh book that can list a bunch of facts.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In America, we didn't have to truley memorize it. For tests we had a reference packet that included the table.

That being said we did have to memorize a few major ones.

Its also important to recognize education is a state by state thing, not federal. The curriculum in Texas can be different than the one in Florida. Even teacher to teacher, I could see one class having to memorize it while the one next door doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

In my highschool we had an English teacher who was super into the Beatles. Like "the second half of the year was literally just learning about the Beatles and it made up like 60% of your grade". I used to like listening to them but not so much after that year. To this day I don't know how they got away with that

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