Comment on You can't predict who will change the world (or why we need more tinkerers)Comments−danw19yunlike European schooling, American education is not based on equation drills and memorizationErm... My education hasn't been based on drills and memorisation despite being 'European'. I wish journalists wouldn't just make stuff up.−startupperOP19yYes there are a few inaccurate generalizations here. Another gem is: "Only a disproportionately minute number of discoveries traditionally came from directed academic research. "Having said that the essence of the article is quite interesting.
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unlike European schooling, American education is not based on equation drills and memorization
Erm... My education hasn't been based on drills and memorisation despite being 'European'. I wish journalists wouldn't just make stuff up.
Yes there are a few inaccurate generalizations here. Another gem is: "Only a disproportionately minute number of discoveries traditionally came from directed academic research. "
Having said that the essence of the article is quite interesting.