• flamingo_pinyata
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      4 months ago

      Memorizing things word for word is the best way to make kids hate literature.

      It’s probably a good or at least historically important work but you will forever hate it because of the way you were taught.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      4 months ago

      Ah, brings me back to the days of memorizing Bible verses word-for-word. I don’t remember any of them now. And I was such a good little student then too!

      • Sergio@slrpnk.net
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        4 months ago

        When my father was a kid they made him memorize the opening of the First Catilinarian. This was in Spanish. One time when he was particularly annoyed with me he was like: “When, Sergio, do you intend to stop testing my patience…?!”