Education

Classes based on last minute rote memorization to be spewed up on test day are great, but the real learning stems from the classes that we will remember for longer than it takes to get the desired grade. The classes that are loosely structured so that you have to work to fill in the blanks are the best: the free response chemistry test, the biology lab that you must create a procedure for, the seminar based on texts that every aspect of life. It doesn't have to be just art and philosophy classes that encourage you to think about and change how you live, there are successful biology and chemistry classes that accomplish the same thing. It's not about the subject so much as how it is taught. I think that there isn't enough emphasis on the importance of professors creating situations in their classrooms where students must synthesize their knowledge and use that as a base to create from. True learning comes from applying your knowledge, not just storing facts.