When I read "memorization and repetition", the first thing that springs to my mind was being unsuccessfully forced to learn multiplication tables in my youth. I

When I read "memorization and repetition", the first thing that springs to my mind was being unsuccessfully forced to learn multiplication tables in my youth. I have learned over time that I'm simply incapable of memorizing something that I either don't understand to a certain depth or see as unmoored from obvious utility. Even when I comprehend and see the use for something, it's still hard to remember without practice through usage. I think she does mean "use and practice" when she says "memorization", which is fine, but I think that phrasing could lead education in a direction that would be worse for people with memory issues like mine.