Education for $1000, Alex.....

=This is a useless method of teaching.
-What is "Burp-back" education?
=Correct!!
Let's face it, there is no point in forcing students to memorize things for a test that they will just forget the moment they walk out of class and possibly never use again the rest of their lives. Unless they get on Jeopardy or a similar game show students do not care to remember when some guy did that thing and then died however many years ago. Instead of straight memorization of people, places, dates and quotes, I will teach the students why this information is important; especially in the field I will be teaching, which is English/Literature. One person's interpretation of a poem may not be the same as another's, and if the poet is no longer alive then there is no way to know EXACTLY what he or she meant (unless he or she kept a journal and explained it to us). While it is important to know who wrote a piece of literature and when and where they wrote it, many teachers put too much emphasis on just that information. We can learn so much about authors and what they mean in their writings by studying the history of the time and place they were born and finding out as much about their personal lives as possible.