I submit that this is exactly what college suggests that it can do, only less focused on what we want to learn in a given genre, and less interested in how well we do as a student.

For me, I need to get out of my office for a while, especially if I am trying to learn something new, like a new language or platform. I don't have the luxury of being able to study, etc. A training class, be it a week long or something longer, allows me to remove myself from a VERY interuption prone environment and immerse my self in a topic that I want to learn. Granted, what you say is true, once I've had that exposure, I usually spend my time 'booking' my way to a solution, and then streamlining and asking around from there.

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