I see it as a form of cargo culting and yes, see it all the time. It’s sadly a fundamental part of the educational systems, everywhere. For a current example: in school, science “experiments” are performed (make this acid, stick litmus paper into it, write down pH) for which there is a right and wrong answer. So people grow up thinking that science is about certainty when it’s the other way around. As a result they are confused by the ambiguity and unknowns around, say, COVID-19. They have an introduction to the process but not the basic point.

It’s like asking a photographer what kind of camera they use. Learning the syntax doesn’t mean you have learned a language.