So many of the answers here revolve around whether the the school will teach the subjects or the students will take it. Is that all there is to education? So on

So many of the answers here revolve around whether the the school will teach the subjects or the students will take it. Is that all there is to education? So one is only supposed to learn what is taught in a course? I'd expect that if a CS student has a passion for what they do they will try to learn topics beyond the curriculum. Doing the bare minimum has a name: mediocrity. Maybe that is what you are seeing. Other comments mention that students come unprepared and thus introductory courses need to be more/longer. I think that too is true.