Sequence diagrams aside (they are useful!), I also felt far too much time was wasted on UML in my university course. The only small argument I can see in favor

Sequence diagrams aside (they are useful!), I also felt far too much time was wasted on UML in my university course. The only small argument I can see in favor is perhaps to encourage some thinking and discussion around software design among students in an educational context, even if I've never once seen it used in industry. I can't say I'd miss it's removal all that much either though.