Grades are based on how well the student memorizes whatever is in the book, right, or wrongwhat ????
I guess maybe only when you are studying some brain washing courses filled with leftist dogmas and worn out slogans that you have to memorize in order to become some kind of commisar or a SJW blogger or some other non contributing to society moron...
Not in engineering...that is why you don't see many engineers in politics...they can think and solve problems...