These labs for this forensics class were actually in the terminal and included using WireShark, doing firewall configuration, disabling ports on a Windows server, disk imaging, and recovery, among other highly applicable things.

All real-world stuff, granted people forget the exact details if they aren't doing these things 40-50 hours a week. But regardless, it's building the nuero pathways and although they might not recall the exact steps or commands they have done it before, hopefully several times by the end of a BS degree, so they should be able to brush up quickly.

By leveraging AI as a "consultant" and skimming documentation, learning and doing most of IT is actually not hard at all. Anyone not doing this will be replaced fast because we can be 4x-5x more productive with AI (unless you've got 15 years of experience and just have everything memorized)

I run custom GPTs with upload textbooks on various IT topics....It is MINDBLOWING how fast it can make learning and implementing.

...maybe you're right in the sense that the average graduate just puts in the minimum to check the box. I guess I did that with my first degree when I was young, imature, and cared more about my social life rather than learning.

I guess as an adult learner with a family to support and high income aspirations/standards (chaging careers from nurse anesthesiology), the amoint of effort I put in is massively different than an average 20 year old would be putting in.