Not sometimes, nearly every student/teacher transaction in HS involves following a scripted exercise (rote learning). This repetitive scripted practice techniqu

Not sometimes, nearly every student/teacher transaction in HS involves following a scripted exercise (rote learning). This repetitive scripted practice technique "works" the first time for some; but other students need more repetition(these get left behind, and suffer in subjects that build upon the missed prerequisite unit), and yet others need less (they get bored, and the activity has a detrimental effect). But everyone gets the same amount and covers new material at the same pace. Fortunately, there is effort underway to refine and improve pedagogy at the HS level in the US, but boy has it been slow in coming.