It's better for shy students or students with poor verbal skills to work on that in an academic environment than to be dropped into a work environment where tho

It's better for shy students or students with poor verbal skills to work on that in an academic environment than to be dropped into a work environment where those things are just as important without their education ever bothering to help them with it. "Interpersonal skills are optional" is not a good side effect of our current educational system!