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<p>This probably would support the contention that core should be less heavy of a workload, with an emphasis on doing a few <em>core</em> things within each field it seeks to investigate well. I find often that the approaches I learn to a problem stick best if it was something I spent a long time on, and at that could and *was encouraged to * spend much time on. That is, if the core is meant to expose one to several modes of thought rather than cover specific material.</p>