He just means it's more important to understand concepts as opposed to cramming your brain without actually thinking about it.
A simple example:
If you are taking economics and you read "when supply goes down, price goes up" you can highlight it, memorize it, and never bother thinking about it.
But if you decide to take 2 minutes to think about it you will be much more likely to remember it, simply because it makes sense. Where cramming fails is when you run into hard tests where they mix things up and make you apply your knowledge to completely different concepts.
Also, practicing LEARNING and not cramming will give you valuable skills that you can apply to all learning. Analysis, being able to spot important material very quickly, etc
If you start learning things by memorizing you will eventually forget a lot more than if you had decided to understand it. This will become very clear if you go deep into post secondary. |