勤奋学习是孩子们变成死记硬背的人这限制孩子们的想象力。

Studying hard makes children become rote learners, which constrains their imagination.

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亦或者他们致力于培养那些掌握核心知识的人—似乎这样就可以减少为了应付评估而导致死记硬背的情况。

Or they are geared toward the mastery of a core set of knowledge – as if that isn’t likely to lead to more rote memorization and assessment for the sake of assessment.

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对于大多数应对考试的人来说，他们总有那么一两次会死记硬背。

Most people who have taken tests have probably held a cram session or two in their lifetimes.

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