Comments on: Take “Don’t Memorize!” with a grain of salt https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/01/19/take-dont-memorize-with-a-grain-of-salt/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:43:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Judy https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2012/01/19/take-dont-memorize-with-a-grain-of-salt/#comment-2081 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:11:05 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=4163#comment-2081 Good point, It is the fine line I have had to walk with the students in front of me because of the don’t memorize rule that I was given and then had the same experience as the writer. So I have done the thing of telling them they have to know what each reagent does and understand the mechanisms of the reaction. It seems to work for them but it also seems to be a tightrope walk at the same time.

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