Why do we teach by rote? And how can we do better?
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7 min readOct 15, 2023
The morning was unremarkable. Having taken the first ten minutes to settle my eighth-grade physics class and direct their attention to the front, they now sat in fragile silence, their carping glares conveying mild annoyance at my interrupting their conversations. I began with enthusiasm to introduce an extension to the previous lesson.