Strongly disagree with this. If a class (at any level) is strictly teaching "the subject" then that is a very good issue to raise by a student or anyone else. G

Strongly disagree with this. If a class (at any level) is strictly teaching "the subject" then that is a very good issue to raise by a student or anyone else. Great teachers don't just teach the subject though, they teach the skills necessary to engage with the subject and then apply them to said subject. Unfortunately many programs are not designed this way and learning the appropriate skills is left as an exercise to the student usually in a sink or swim approach. So some students come out with the meta skills that a university education is touted for and others do not. I do agree that "I'll never use this knowledge" can be a miserable attitude to have or engage with - especially when it's just a proxy for "I'm not interested in learning, just in getting good grades" but the idea itself is valid.