https://xstemsy.com/xstemsy/categories/maturity/ Recent content in Maturity on xstemsy Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us xstemsy Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://xstemsy.com/xstemsy/post/2026/08/the_importance_of_repetition/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://xstemsy.com/xstemsy/post/2026/08/the_importance_of_repetition/ <p>Sometimes I debate with people about school reform. I will propose that some particular topic should be removed from the standard curriculum, and that we should add something else instead. Or perhaps that a certain set of facts should be removed, so that we can teach some other skill instead.</p> <p>These debates never go well for me, because when discussing school most people have this very peculiar idea. Based on the arguments they make, they seem to believe that if you are a 10 year old child, and a teacher tells you some fact in a classroom, that you will remember it perfectly for the rest of your life. You will also fully understand all the implications of the fact. You will be 60 years old and still remember this thing you were told once, 50 years ago.</p>