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time-lord-swag: The entire education system summed up in a three panel comic strip. This right here is 110% why I don’t give ‘memorize these facts!’ tests. I tell my Intro to Bible students straight up, first day, that if I didn’t have these notes in front of me, I’d be blanking on about half of the names, dates, spellings, and scripture references I tell them every class. If I can’t remember the difference between Jeroboam and Rehoboam without a cheat sheet, why should I expect them to? A better test question, Mrs. Wormwood, would be: ‘Why is the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock considered an important event in American history?’ …Though when my students can’t answer big-picture items like that without their notes, that is when I start drinking.

time-lord-swag:

The entire education system summed up in a three panel comic strip.

This right here is 110% why I don’t give ‘memorize these facts!’ tests. I tell my Intro to Bible students straight up, first day, that if I didn’t have these notes in front of me, I’d be blanking on about half of the names, dates, spellings, and scripture references I tell them every class. If I can’t remember the difference between Jeroboam and Rehoboam without a cheat sheet, why should I expect them to?

A better test question, Mrs. Wormwood, would be: ‘Why is the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock considered an important event in American history?’ …Though when my students can’t answer big-picture items like that without their notes, that is when I start drinking.