I can appreciate this and at the same time can see that free applications like the google suite offer some potential solutions for frontrunners like you in the system.
Students seem less likely to engage in independent learning related to a course outside of class and spend a very limited amount of time in preparation for classes.
Occasionally I see the same pattern in even younger (middle school aged) students who come from the Japanese schools to international school. They can find a student centered approach quite inaccessible due to their limited skills as learners.