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by theGnuMe 1145 days ago
Its valuable if you wrap it up in an applied problem solving course like physics. That’s the point of the new curriculum reform anyway. Other countries that exceed us in test scores do this.

So it really begs the question as to what is the point? The only thing I can think of is college admissions. A specific selection of rigorous memorization for elite admission.