guessing-the-teacher-s-password — Pattern matching
Saying the right words (“light is waves,” “heat conduction”) isn’t the same as understanding.
School trains you to guess which verbal password the teacher wants, not to form mental models that actually predict what you’ll observe.
Understanding = your model controls your anticipations.
Generate predictions from your model and check them against reality.
I was sooo good at this. Always knew exactly what the teachers wanted to hear (middle school).