Originally Posted by playandlearn
I think the teaching of reading and math has become more and more mechanical. The learning and comprehension is an organic process and I always have trouble agreeing with the way that these things are broken down into a few dozens of items that a teacher can check off on a list. It's like they are building a machine.
Well said. Aristotle may agree, as this quote is attributed to him: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."