League degrees and mbas and law degrees than i can count. you have a very smart son. is it overdone? do you think the president has a point or there is an agenda going on here? i think there are several things going on. one, the unions are throwing their weight around. two, there is an astounding, horrifying, terrifying racial gap in achievement on the nation s standardized testing. i think the obama administration wants to try to cover that up. three, there is a complete misunderstanding about the value of memorization and teaching to the test. memorization and teaching to the tests have been the classic way of people being educated for centuries and it makes a lot of sense now. area what he said, but you were agreeing? what did he say? memorization was the basis of how people studied for stuff. but you didn t retain it that long. you did. when you memorized it. learned how to think. you said when you memorized it, you ....