Re: [conculture] Memorization (conculture version)

On 10 Feb, Barry Garcia wrote:

>conculture@onelist.com writes:
>>It seems that there are many different "kinds" of memorisation.
>>There's a temporary sort that disappears after a little while;
>>and there are ingrained sorts. Those of us who were in school
>>in the 70s especially and previous remember math classes where
>>we learned times tables by rote in a sing-song kind of chant.
>>This is active memorisation. Other things are learned and
>>ingrained passively through long experience. Little kids who
>>can recite entire Dr. Seuss books even though they can't yet
>>read have done this.
>
>
>Well, I grew up during the 80's but I remember in elementary school in
>math class teachers giving us these "tests" simple addition, subtraction,
>or multiplication problems on them (like 2+4 =, 3-2=, 8x9=), and we were
>timed to see who could finish the entire sheet first. I remember every
>morning my teachers giving us these sheets. I think the repetition with
>the competition helped us to learn how to do those problems quickly.
>
I totally agree. Way back in the misty dawn of early prehistory
(the 50's  :-)  ), we also had similar tests and competitions.
I still remember coming home traumatized, wondering how
I was ever going to stuff all those times tables into my little head!
Well, I did and I remember them all, and today, after all those years,
I use a pocket calculator! :-P

Dan Sulani
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