[purist33]

Could it be due to the fact that, college level mathematics are meant to prepare extraordinary students to graduate into research. I imagine research often involves not-so sexy parts of mathematics.

I hear a lot of similar sentiments in school level mathematics in the country i live in. The problem comes in the trade-off. Do you cater to the topmost/ most promising students, who will end up contributing a lot in science, or do you cater to the ones who need most help, who will end up getting some skills on this, to make a living ?