>HeHe. It's funny, in High school I felt the same way, but then I got a job. About a year ago I had to track down the requirements for architectural licensing in about 20 states. Guess who I had to call, the state capital. As I was looking on a map to find the capitals, I swear I could hear my geography teacher faintly laughing.

Yeah, but why memorize things when it's so easy to look them up? It took me about 5 seconds to find them. www.altavista.com, search for "state capitals" :) I've found most people in the "real" world (ie. not school) don't really care HOW you got the answer, just that you did and it's right. They should teach the skills of how to find answers to problems, not just memorization (which I really suck at if it's something I'm not particularly interested in).