I agree. I once spoke with a statistics professor in charge of the undergraduate program at my university. I asked him tons of questions about the cursus, and s

I agree. I once spoke with a statistics professor in charge of the undergraduate program at my university. I asked him tons of questions about the cursus, and swiftly replied "Yes the program is far from perfect. However understand that statistics is still a new field compared to calculus. I do not think that we know how to teach all of this correctly...". I wish Taleb could write a book about it!