Focusing On Focus

We worry about the periodic table instead of persistence, spelling instead of self-control.

That’s almost certainly a mistake. Given the age in which we live, it makes no sense to obsess over the memorization of facts that can be looked up on a smartphone.

Wired Science

Since I was in elementary school I always hated classes which forced us to memorize things. I always sucked at spelling, I never learned the periodic table nor the dates when historical events occurred. Never saw the point of memorizing everything for an exam and forgetting everything a few weeks later. There are many more valuable qualities which aren’t taught in school so we are left to our own devices or our families to learn them.