> You are simply required to memorize these rules because if you fail you are a failure. Interesting take, completely opposite of my educational experience. I

> You are simply required to memorize these rules because if you fail you are a failure. Interesting take, completely opposite of my educational experience. I have a terrible memory for remembering random things so I always did badly in subjects that are all about memorization (like history). Math was my refuge where I excelled, as it didn't require to memorize anything. Everything could be derived by logic; I could solve all problems on the spot during tests instead of having to hope I memorized the right answers earlier. All other classes were of the form: (1) teacher presents a bunch of facts; (2) I'm supposed to memorize them all; (3) then I need to regurgitate a random sampling of them back during the test. I hated that so much. Math was the exception to that pattern, so I loved it.