Actually, rote memorization is overrated, it's not a natural way for humans to remember information. The brain is much better at remembering locations and event

Actually, rote memorization is overrated, it's not a natural way for humans to remember information. The brain is much better at remembering locations and events, rather than lists of items, I've posted this before, but if you've not seen it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci