Thanks for saying what I was about to. Yes I find the curriculum often runs in 'historic' order, as if the students are expected to learn in the same order as

Thanks for saying what I was about to. Yes I find the curriculum often runs in 'historic' order, as if the students are expected to learn in the same order as humanity discovered things. Why not teach the powerful underlying principles as soon as they can be comprehended? For example, it's not until after you've learned about many kinds of chemical reactions that you actually learn what chemistry is, about atomic electron shells, valence, etc. Same with biology, too much naming flower parts, and not enough evolution, molecular biology, etc.