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Didn't I get taught in school every year for the past decade that sheets are supposed to support the material I'm talking about and should not say much on their own?

If so, you were taught wrong, IMHO. If I have time to sit through a (decent) talk, the slides don't matter. If I don't, the slides are very important.

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Makes sense. It's too bad teachers give lower scores for having too much info on slides that distract them from what the student is saying.

Slide decks are created for different reasons. Some are made to fully contain and communicate ideas then widely circulated - these decks are content. These decks don't need someone to deliver them.

Decks accompanying presentations aren't those slide decks. Presentations are expected to use human communication skills to express more than what you can fit in slides. In school, you give just these kinds of presentations. You aren't asked to create slide decks and circulate them among your colleagues. The slides are not the content. Which is why these slides in particular mostly make no sense alone.

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