[thesagan]

I never cared for the "learning how to learn" line. We start from infancy and learn to walk and talk, albeit in that very special way. We are always learning, every day.

For me personally, earning by bachelor's and master's degree was a continuation of K-12 and I made sure to be a top performer. The looming debt was the underlying, motivating factor.

Looking back, I learned most outside after K-12 was done for the day and I was free to explore and get hurt.

[Izkata]

That phrase is a thing because K-12 is structured as just learning what the teacher tells you. In undergraduate degrees, the professors are more like guideposts and you can't learn everything in their lectures - you have to figure out and understand the material yourself and most people upon finishing K-12 can't do that.

I also wasn't one of them, so I also had no trouble in college, but I knew a lot of people this applied to.