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Originally Posted by blankall
There are a lot of really bad teachers at all levels of the education system. In general, teachers are overly obsessed with things like spelling and format, which among other things becomes remedied best through practice. The majority of teachers are either incapable or choose not to teach a curriculum that encourages free thinking. They'd rather reward students for memorization, spelling, and regurgitating their own small opinions.
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My brother is an example. Can do complex fractions in his head before most of us can punch the first number into a calculator, but always did poorly in math class because he can't show his work the way the teacher wants.