College CS Classes Are Tragically Dull

In every subject, most teachers and professionals are parrots.

The dullness you are describing is lack of understanding, either about teaching or about the actual subject. You'll be officially lucky if you find a handful of inspiring teachers.

Here are two teachers I feel lucky that I found:

I didn't find my Data Structures class boring, but I enjoyed Prof. Richard Buckland's course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udapt4FGY20

Also, give it a try to Coding Math:

https://www.youtube.com/@codingmath