I think exams are stupid. They test nothing but the short-term memory powers of students. They filter out lazy and/or forgetful students, but not nessesarily those who mastered too little on the subject.
"Learn the concept, not memorize" is a scam and a sham. If people are to understand the concept, they MUST Fremember what the facts are. It's not that they can answer Pharmacology questions with "xxxxx is an antagonist of both B1 and B2 type adregenic receptors". They could be punished simply for not remembering, not because they don't know or have no understanding of it.
Speaking of memory powers, after we graduate and work we all resort to books once in a while to refresh our memories. It's not that having photographic memory of everything with 0 percent decay will help you in your job, unless you are in a telemarketing show advertitzing your memory power guidebook. Just take a look at your professors. Are they reciting everything out of memory?
Anyway anyone agrees with me
2006-09-13
21:37:25
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