Our education system values rote memorization over actually learning something. So instead of teaching you how to use the periodic table, they teach you “The element of Hydrogen has an atomic mass of 1” etc.
A few teachers who actually give a fuck will do both, but they are required to teach the test for funding. Because that’s how they are graded.
It’s common in the US. Our priorities are… Misaligned.
Our education system values rote memorization over actually learning something. So instead of teaching you how to use the periodic table, they teach you “The element of Hydrogen has an atomic mass of 1” etc.
A few teachers who actually give a fuck will do both, but they are required to teach the test for funding. Because that’s how they are graded.
Common in Brazil, fucking hated it
It hasn’t been common in Brazil for many years already.
Things change.
Then I envy you guys, back in my time there were a ton of ‘songs’ to memorize all the important elements. Hated chemistry because of it.
Oh, I memorized most of it too. And it has always been almost completely useless.
But even though kids this days are spending almost all their time at school, this is something they are not losing time with.
I went looking for a CSI Miami pun, but came out very… *puts on sunglasses*
disappointed