Motion is calling for children to be taught poetry not by rote, but by heart.

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She had an uncanny ability to remember and say it, not in rote but with a certain personal interpretation.

NEWYORKER: The Natural

Once March rolls around and I can get takeout from there again, it feels like such a fun treat, not something that has become rote and expected.

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Payment-by-results need not mean learning-by-rote.

ECONOMIST: Teachers�� pay

The education style is rote learning, heavy on facts and figures -- not on analysis or interaction.

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