> simply because it turns the teacher's day into a drudgery. Those words were put into my mouth by yummyfajitas. My complaint with DI is that it focuses on rep

> simply because it turns the teacher's day into a drudgery. Those words were put into my mouth by yummyfajitas. My complaint with DI is that it focuses on repetition and memorization rather than comprehension. It's great that a child can see a word on a test and recognize it then bubble in the correct answer because then we have "achievement." It's result though is meaningless if the child doesn't know what the word means.