Comment by mmcnl

This happens so much in education, and specifically academics. A lot of theoretical explanations without stepping back from theory and going back to reality once in a while to ponder about the implications. I passed a lot of courses by memorizing theoretical concepts without truly understanding it. I feel that's wasteful because I'm not advocating for longer lectures, but rather more effective teaching methods (at least they would be for me). Understanding a concept is very different than proving a theorem.