Am 20.08.2011 12:49, schrieb Orchid XP v8:

> Can you imagine anything more MIND-NUMBINGLY BORING than staring at a
> sheet of 40 long division problems? YES, I GET IT! I KNOW HOW LONG
> DIVISION WORKS! STOP BUGGING ME ALREADY! >_<
>
> Seriously. If you know how it works, do you really need to do it 200
> times over just to *prove* that you know how it works? It's not even

It's called "training", and is intended to (1) identify and iron out any 
occasional glitches, and (2) empower you to do it without needing to 
think about.

For *proving* that you know the procedure you have the so-called "tests".

> like it's particularly important to be able to *do* long division; it
> isn't something you're going to need to do every day of your adult life.
> You just need to have a firm grasp of /how/ it works and /why/ it works.
> Once you've got that, practising it on endless question sheets is just
> an utter waste of time.

Yes, but instead of a firm grasp of /how/ and /why/ it works, some 
people (and I guess they're the majority) need training to get a firm 
grasp of /how to/ actually do it - either because they never will get a 
firm enough grasp of the /how/ and /why/, or because they just don't 
give a shit.

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