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I'm amazed that this hasn't been done, but apparently it hasn't.
Every six weeks every high school students in Taiwan has to take "big tests". All classes stop for two or three days and the students take test after test after test. In between and before the tests they study for the tests. And they also study at home, usually late into the night and all weekend.
For some of the tests no doubt they need to practise doing something to get the answer. For example some maths problems.
For a lot of the rest of it, it's simply a matter of repeating what you were told. You don't need to understand or use the information, just know what your teacher expects of you. It might seem like a colossal waste of time, and I agree, but education reform isnt going to happen today, so how can we make things better? Profitably?
Well...... there is an argument that says kids should do a certain amount of physical exercise every day in order to keep their blood flowing to their brains. In most cases they woud like to be playing basketball, but that's probably not going to be part of this plan.
My idea is to provide podcasts of the essential information kids are expected to have memorised: names and dates, formulas, rules, that sort of thing. Then they can listen and learn while running in a treadmill to produce electricity as part of my campaign to make Taiwan greener. Or on the bus to school. Or while walking the dog? Or wherever.
You'd have to sell it as "more efficient", but I'm sure there would be a market for it.
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