"Even though you can learn it and then pass, the fact that you are past 8th grade and cannot means your education is deficient (mine as well)."
No, it means that people forget things that they don't use.
This test is testing specific content knowledge. Learning content doesn't matter. The content of your job or whatever changes depending on what you're doing. Like other people have said, if you were being taught these topics for the term leading up to the test, it's an easy test - there's no thinking involved, just memory.
What matters is the PROCESS of learning, and in that respect, I think the modern methods of education are far better than straight ROTE learning. (Though not optimal by any means)
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"Even though you can learn it and then pass, the fact that you are past 8th grade and cannot means your education is deficient (mine as well)."
No, it means that people forget things that they don't use.
This test is testing specific content knowledge. Learning content doesn't matter. The content of your job or whatever changes depending on what you're doing. Like other people have said, if you were being taught these topics for the term leading up to the test, it's an easy test - there's no thinking involved, just memory.
What matters is the PROCESS of learning, and in that respect, I think the modern methods of education are far better than straight ROTE learning. (Though not optimal by any means)