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I posit there are two types of people who want to kill rote memorization.

1) Those to whom memorization comes easily without much drilling, so such experiences in the classroom was an exercise in pain and drudgery.

2) Those to whom rote memorization is nigh impossible or only happens with herculean effort. Such experiences in the classroom was an exercise in pain and drudgery.

Both want to eliminate this pain for future generations. I will put forth that both camps are severely wrong.