Re: [OM] IMG: Time Out

[Chris Barker]

Badly, mostly because it wasn't a set book for either A levels or O :-)

Apparently schools in the UK will soon teach the times tables by rote; whose 
daft idea was it to get rid of that in the first place?  

I know, some blimmin' educator :-)

Chris

On 5 Jan 2012, at 10:18, Andrew Fildes wrote:

> Not always a bad thing. I once happened upon the 1888 matriculation paper for 
> English for this state. 
> The second question asked the student to write out lines 18-41 (I think) of 
> Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum'
> How well do you think you'd have done?
> 
> Terrible; we just don't teach rote learning any more!
> Andrew Fildes

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