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8. All the tests. I agree that children should be able to learn and retain and be able to give the answers needed for certain questions. However, the current system of tests forces the child to memorize these things, not learn them. It's easier to memorize these things rather to learn them. It's faster for the teacher and for the child and allows to get onto the next topic of a subject, or onto another subject. However, making children remember things is less effective than having the children learn them. When you learn something, there's no chance of forgetting it. There's the occasional "It's on the tip of my tongue" but when you learn something, there's no "I forgot". When you forget something, that has to deal with memory. Public schools are doing a great job with what they have, I've said this before. That being said, the current system doesn't allow much for learning, and rather forces the children to memorize subject matter.