> You hit a nerve. I've left academia for this and other reasons, but as you can tell I'm bitter about it. Looks like I did! Sorry about that. I fully understa

> You hit a nerve. I've left academia for this and other reasons, but as you can tell I'm bitter about it. Looks like I did! Sorry about that. I fully understand where you are coming from, as I've had the same experience when trying to help college colleagues with course work, tutoring for a few courses in college, or even giving private lessons to HS kids. Some people are 100% not interested in learning -- they want the bare minimum to pass the course and move on. Not sure how we can change that, though. I had one specific professor in college would would abuse those inquiry-based learning techniques that you have mentioned, and it was absolutely the best course I had during my 7 years in the university. Anecdotal, but students loved him. He ended up being my MSc supervisor :)