Programming the Brain II

So why are our current education techniques so incredibly inefficient? Why do we spend 50 minutes to an hour in math class, five days a week, for 12 years of school and still graduate people who can't do algebra.

The reason is really quite simple. Every brain is different. Every brain learns at its own pace. Every brain is not ready to learn what is currently being presented in class. And, as a result, most of the class time, and most of the homework time, is wasted.

If I am trying to teach the brain 600 concepts, and if I may need to reinforce the information 120,000 times to get those concepts, what do you think the odds are that in any given class there is even 1 student is a good position to learn the material the instructor is presenting today.

To make it even worst - the brain leaks! Information it knew yesterday it may not be able to recall today. Old information needs to be continually reinforced. But which old information? Each brain is not leaking the same things, and what needs to be reinforced for one student may not need to be reinforced for the next.

Do you see the magnitude of the problem.

I submit, there is a great way to address it. That way, I'll cover in my next post, but if you haven't already guessed it involves StudyTag.