Deviations from the Trivium are fashionable but I find that the more I deviate away from it the worse off I end up being in my education. I used to think that u

Deviations from the Trivium are fashionable but I find that the more I deviate away from it the worse off I end up being in my education. I used to think that understanding was something that was solely axiomatically derived. Now I view skills like memorization as being essential for thought. In order to become fluent in a domain one must have plenty of data, which requires solid memories to maintain. These facts can be synthesized later, which is what the next two steps of the Trivium are for. It does need to be updated for modern times, though. The basic principles are still worth enforcing. This is where I was introduced to it: http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html http://www.gbt.org/text/sayers.html