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Unread 25-11-2005, 14:40
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Re: Students, what is your fantasy education system?

I think that the best way for people to learn is to let them go about it at their own pace. Some material comes naturally to some people while others have to spend some time with it. And by spending time, I don't neccessarily mean studying more.

I barely scraped by my first two semesters of calc. Toward the end of each semester, when I realized how poorly I was doing, I started studying more. I found that it didn't actually help me understand the material. However, I was able to memorize more of it. After awhile, anything that gets thrown at you is something you've already done. That was the only reason I was able to make it through. It took another few months before I actually understood it.

There's also been several occasions when I just can't figure something out. I'll sit with the book for hours trying to learn it. I'll go ask people for help and I still won't get it. After awhile, I'll get tired and put it down. When I come back to it in a few days, it makes complete sense. I don't know why it was hard earlier and I don't know why I understand it now. It just took time to soak in.

Other times, I need to look at it from a different perspective. Last semester, I learned about RLC circuits in physics. They made very little sense to me. This semester, I learned about them again in engineering and it was easy. I went back to take a look at my physics stuff and I understand it. I just needed to look at it differently.

I can't force myself to learn material, it'll take as long as it takes. I'm not sure how to impliment this in a school system, but I think it would be much more effective.
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