This is innovation, and problem solving the small stuff is a very important skill in the modern day work environment.
Do I wasn't to hand calculate an entire statistical analysis, no. I use excell.
It doesn't make the work any more or less valid. If you can Google something in under a minute, don't bother spending a tonne of time trying to remember it.
Yeah this teaches some incredibly valuable skills like creative problem solving, how to bend rules for your own benefit and how to use tech to be cool as fuck.
That is way too easily said. I used a lot of tactics like these to get through high school for subjects I will never care about. Now I am in college and able to do a job I love.