The highlighted response was bullseye hit of what I noticed going through college. The couple classes I remember it being most evident in were the very low level programming classes: Intro to Java/Javascript and a PHP class. These were the classes that pretty much everyone in the business school had to take.

People would work through problems assigned out of the book, but if they ever ran into an issue not specifically outlined for them, they were usually stuck. I spent many nights in the computer lab helping classmates through problems which just required stepping back and taking it one small step at a time. And even if they couldn't work through it on their own, they had no idea where to start on researching a solution -- they didn't know how to ask questions, etc. (Disclaimer: I nearly failed every damn accounting class I had to take, 5 in total I believe.)

I find myself being the exact opposite of what the linked reply states as being the 'norm'. I can't remember simple facts to save my life. I love playing guitar, but I can't memorize notes/chords. To this day I can't honestly tell you what a noun/pronoun/verb/adverb, etc are. Forget about people's names, it ain't happening. I find no real joy in reading fiction, I forget it all anyways. I couldn't ever remember the bajillion accounting terms I had to deal with in business school, but I loves me some calculus.

Also, he seems to point out "America" quite a bit in his response. I have a hard time believing this trend only applies to Americans. I'd like to hear either a non-American or someone with a little international time chime in on this.