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Crammed and thoughtless memorizing of an enormous amount of information is much less beneficial; complete understanding of topics is much more functional.  When memorizing, very little is retained long term and there is little solid ground to grow knowledge upon.  Planting small seeds in the minds of the youth can grow forests when done with care.

Quotes to live by:

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. 
Albert Einstein

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in. 
Bill Gates 

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. 
Mohandas Gandhi