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I've heard this adage several times and it doesn't match my experience. I've been trying grasping some physics recently and I had do it from scratch, I didn't

I've heard this adage several times and it doesn't match my experience. I've been trying grasping some physics recently and I had do it from scratch, I didn't even know basic facts. I was pleased to see I still remember trigonometry though, and I perfectly know why: instead of studying back in school I spent time making 2d games and I often needed trigonometry. The way we do education in school is broken. If not for everyone, at least for my brain.

kthejoker2 6y ago
Eh, for secondary education it's more of a "breadth, then depth" minmax pruning exercise - you go through 10 or 20 courses like biology, physics, economics, drama, calculus, journalism, etc. and then you winnow those down into things to pursue further, rinse, repeat... By the time you're 3 years into med school or a graphics designer job, forgetting trig or how a Constitutional amendment is ratified is a feature, not a bug.