Here's another one: "In the real world, I can look things up, so why should I have to memorize things for this exam?" I heard this one a lot in CS courses, and

Here's another one: "In the real world, I can look things up, so why should I have to memorize things for this exam?" I heard this one a lot in CS courses, and I tended to agree with it. But then again, if you put in enough practice/study, you're generally going to have it committed to memory after a time.