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Memorizing culture is a social issue and an issue about teachers, not about curriculum. Or you think a teacher can't tell the difference between a student that memorized a few formulas and the student that understood the concepts behind those?

EDIT: When I was in high school there were a few teachers that frowned upon memorizing things. They would give low grades to such students. Then halfway my education I went to live in another country where memorization was the accepted learning method and I've felt the difference greatly so I know what you're talking about.