[atlasunshrugged]

I don't know, I've been in plenty of meetings where the best action for my career was sitting still and shutting up for a few hours while someone talked.

Kidding aside, I totally agree that it's quite silly. I hated school when I was in it but as soon as I left I couldn't stop learning - there are so many opportunities for knowledge online now (and in real life too) with MOOCs, Youtube lectures, free software tools to play with, etc.