> A young child has basically nothing but figuring out what's going around him Right—not simply memorizing what's happening around them. Those are fundamentall

> A young child has basically nothing but figuring out what's going around him Right—not simply memorizing what's happening around them. Those are fundamentally different activies. That is the gist of the parent comment's point. They've also acknowledged expressly that rote memorization techniques are "valuable" and "have a place."