Comment by repsilat

> The notion that only serious work can educate someone is something I hope future educators can dispel

This sounds super weird to me. I thought rote-learning was totally out of fashion, and now under-practiced because everyone thinks that learning should always be fun.

I don't know whether this is regional variation, age differences or political differences. And I there's probably some middle-ground: maybe you have to memorise your times-tables, but maybe it doesn't need to be boring.