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Things you were forced to MEMORIZE in school
Posted by archiegottlieb • 4/04/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: literature, memory
poems, famous speeches, excerpts, etc.
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"To Be or Not to Be"
The alphabet in French
I was also on speech and debate team, so I had to memorize stuff all the time. -
My Primary school was a CofE school so I knew that Lord's prayer inside out!
Secondary school, anything and everything in Macbeth.
'It is going to rain...'
'LET IT FALL!'
Why couldn't Manga Shakespeare exist back then?! Any poetry I was forced to remember I've succeeded in forgetting.-
indeed some just aren't that memorable.
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In 7th grade we had to memorize the Preamble to the US Constition and were told if we didn't we couldn't graduate into 8th grade. It was a difficult task for me, cried quite alot!-
hahaha! my guess is you succeeded despite the seemingly indomitable task.
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Yah, I passed the test...either that or I am still in 7th grade.
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We had to memorize the Declaration of Independence, the presidents in order, and the preamble to the Constitution. I have forgotten it all.-
All of that plus the Periodic Table, all the bones in a Human body, and M=MC2 -
how about the map and the capital cities of all the countries in the world?
That was...whoa!
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Everything.
You know, in order to pass exams and stuff like that. -
We had to memorize The Highwayman in 7th Grade, and the constitutional amendments, as well. My oft-intoxicated Civics teacher had made up a song about the latter, parts of which I still remember to this day. -
servus
serve
servum
servi
servo
servo-
why this particular word?
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I took three years of Latin in high school, and another semester as a "gimme" A in college. I still remember the first Latin word we learned - agricola. It came in handy for about the first week. My science coursework and my vocabulary thanked me for the slog, however.
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The periodic table of elements, Yuk!-
yuk, indeed. where were you educated? i don't know anyone that had to in the US, except those who wanted to show off how cool they were by memorizing it. their attempts backfired, btw; i went to an inner-city middle and high school. no one liked budding chemists. hahaha.
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All primary school students memorised English grammar rules, in a silly sing songy voice eg
- "I" before "E" except after "C";
- double the final consonant if preceded by one vowel but don't double the final consonant if preceded by two vowels (eg revelled Vs revealed);
- always use "different FROM" and never use "different TO".
- never start a sentence with "and" and never end a sentence with a preposition etc. etc.
I suppose this was effective since, decades later, I still remember the rules off by heart.-
I love sentences that start with 'and'...
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i was in ESL for a couple of years after moving to the states. those rules would have been helpful indeed, but we were never taught them. rote learning was the heart of the pedagogical trend of the early 90s, at least for ESL students.
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i wasn't forced to but somehow learned pi as 3.1415926535878.... sometihng along those lines i once had it to 45 decimal places but that takes effort... and i only did it for bragging rights in maths.... it was pretty much the only thing i could do in maths-
everyone needs one great party trick in their repertoire
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the last sentence is a treasure, especially contextualized with the preceding lines. hahahaha.
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The multiplication tables. Took me until I was 45...math is not my strong suit.-
i loathed math, but i had to excel at it, since i was (and i think still am) asian...hahahaha.
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
I can still recite the whole thing.
It hasn't come in very handy in my adult life though.-
give it time
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"You must not set off stink bombs and disrupt the GCSE exams"-
??? hahaha
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the alphabet in English and Spanish
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Of the United States of America
My Country Tis of Thee (Sang that every morning after the Pledge)
Old Don Gato was a Cat! (Sang that every morn after My Country Tis..)
The Preamble to The Constitution
The beginning of The Declaration of Independence
multiplication tables
the 9 planets (but now there are only 8 major planets)
The Periodic Table of the Elements
The famous speech by Mark Antony in William Shakespeare -- Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears...
the capital of each state in the US
lines to school plays (I was a tomato once, another time I was in a Jack and the Beanstalk play)
multiple choir concert recital lines (because we were constantly putting on choir shows) and recorder (plastic flute) compositions!
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We had to memorize this soliloquy from Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing..
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