Spaced repetition is not the same as short-term memorisation. In fact I'd argue that you haven't fully memorised something with an SRS until the interval betwee

Spaced repetition is not the same as short-term memorisation. In fact I'd argue that you haven't fully memorised something with an SRS until the interval between reviews is at least a month or two -- which isn't really "short term" especially when you consider that school terms are also on the order of a few months.