Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is more important for students to understand ideas and concepts than to memorize facts and figures. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Some people place high priority on understanding ideas and concepts, whereas others think memorizing facts and figures is more important. As far as I am concered, students should learn knowledge by heart. This is important because people easily forget things that are not memorized, and creativity is derived from memorizing information.
To begin with, by memorizing facts and figures, the knowledge lasts long in mind. People usually have to look up books to figure out ideas or concepts. Without materials like textbooks or diagrams, recalling knowledge is almost impossible. In this regard, when information is learned by heart, people is able to use the knowledge anytime they want. For example, when visiting an museum, the description for a variety of artifacts are useless. It is because those who only understand ideas in history class cannot match the explanation to certain epoch which the historcal things belong to.
In addition, when people memorize facts, they are able to think in creative ways. Just understanding ideas and concepts is not enough to produce more developed thinking process, because people is not able to draw the whole image of a certain subjects. Furthermore, ignoring details means the base of subjects are very weak and fragile. For instance, for mathematician it is a huge burden to yield every basic equation whenever they solve some mathematical problems or produce advanced equatiions. Thus, it is necessary for them to memorize at least beginner-level equations to expedite a lot of work.
To sum up, memorizing facts and ideas brings more benefits then just understanding the ideas and concepts. The memorized knowledge is hardly lost in one's mind and it makes the creative thinking possible. Therefore, memorizing information would definitely optimize educational system for students.
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