High school and university are also the times where you’re the least interested in learning. Young people are far more likely to forego learning in favor of partying gaming etc.

Also I had a lot of trouble with assignments. It was always such a disconnected mess of random things that had no clear goal. The goals were decided on the spot by the teacher and the focus was more on pleasing them rather than learning.

At least with work it’s simple. Here’s your task, go and do it. There’s no 1000 random little things to keep track of.