To a certain extent, I wonder if the real problem is the focus on tests and memorization. In the real world, "knowing" something means you can apply it to a pro

To a certain extent, I wonder if the real problem is the focus on tests and memorization. In the real world, "knowing" something means you can apply it to a project. I "know" guitar if I can play multiple songs well, not if I can easily tell you how to form the first inversion of c major 7 in a specific tuning or something. I could be a savant on tests and not be able to play Wonderwall. I know programming if I can write good working code, not if I can answer trivia about C++ virtual tables. My point being in the real world people look things up all the time, IE, cheat. Ability to memorize for an arbitrary test is a bad measure of the ability to apply learning. Also admittedly its been a while since i've been in school, but in my day (like 10 years ago), a take home final was not considered a serious thing. I think that happened maybe once or twice and it was because the final barely mattered.