[Talanes]

There's some value in that. Not as a long term principle, but I am all for having students learn a variety of methods and have to spend some time working through those methods. But only to make sure the students are giving the different methods a shot and actually finding the one that makes the most sense to them, rather than just sticking with whatever was learned first. If they're never given the chance to just work with their method of choice after, it's pointless.