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   Scott Dorsey to huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com   
   Re: Under 40's Declining Memory   
   17 Nov 25 21:56:38   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   David LaRue   wrote:   
   >How about the modern concept of barely reading a text to get all the answers   
   >for a test.  Very little brainwork needed there.  Rote learning seems to be   
   >enmphasised over actually learning how to evaluate language and decide what a   
   >reasonable answer is.   
      
   Modern?  That was happening long, long ago.  Although I think the British   
   perfected it before Americans did.   
   --scott   
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