[Martee]

Martee...you are comparing (as i said in a previous post) "learning" versus "teaching."

Nowhere did i say or if i did i didn't mean to imply that memorization doesn't have its place in LEARNING because it is a very valid way to LEARN basic concepts so that you can learn how to apply them in whatever subject.

What i'm saying is if Teacher A can memorize more of the constitution than Teacher B are we to say that Teacher A is better because he/she knows more of it without looking at it?

Jim I think my last two paragraphs directly address your point. I just kind of took the long way around..

Martee wrote...Does it make you a better teacher? Only if you do something with that information and that you understand it. At least that is my opinion. Being able to quote the book chapter, paragraph and verse and not being able to explain it or apply it will not make you a better instructor.

I think that memorizing it will help you along the way in becoming a better instructor, but not memorizing it doesn't by default make you a poor instructor, at least that is my opinion. Where the rubber hits the road is having the knowledge and understanding and then be able to communicate it and Experience helps...

Jim I think golf instructor success or whatever you want to label it is based on more than their knowledge, they need to be able use that knowledge to educate thier students so that they will can excute. I think that is something Kelley said about what the AI's job was. In short knowledge alone does not make the teacher, at least not the good teacher.