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> "rote" drilling of basic skills

I think it depends on the nature of the task for which the skill is used. But I agree. There are certain things that are just not realistic to master without rote drilling of some sort of supporting material.

At the same time I think rote drilling gets a bad reputation because poor teachers will tend to fall back on it in instances where it isn't particularly useful.

I personally had a low opinion of it until university, where I encountered two independent topics where it was clearly necessary.