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All learning depends in part on memorizing information and ideas. The assumption in schools seems to be that you either have a good memory or a bad memory, and that if you have the latter, you’re probably not very bright and are just going to have to work harder. And yet the students who struggle to memorize historical dates or multiplication tables often have no trouble memorizing the lyrics to hundreds of songs or referencing a particular play from a sporting event that took place ten years earlier. Their “bad” memories in school may be a lack of engagement, not lack of capacity.

Quote ID: 02518

Author

Sir Ken Robinson

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Creative Schools

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