That sounds like it's almost a case of the students not trusting that the ideas the teachers are explaining will be important. Maybe this is extrapolating too

That sounds like it's almost a case of the students not trusting that the ideas the teachers are explaining will be important. Maybe this is extrapolating too far, but I wonder if something has happened in technology that has led to a new generation rejecting the knowledge of the previous generation because they're so often out of date on other trends or habits.