For me, learning a subject in school is much harder than learning it "in the real world" precisely because I often lack the connection to it being practical or

For me, learning a subject in school is much harder than learning it "in the real world" precisely because I often lack the connection to it being practical or it otherwise just being taught as what instead of why. For me the connection of why it is like that makes me actually grok it, rather than forgetting it after 5 minutes.