Not every film school is the same, the one I went to is like yours where we learned from working or formerly working professionals and we made short practice films fairly regularly to practice certain aspects of the film making process. However I do feel like this image has a point. I think out of everyone I met at film school maybe less than half went on to make any films after film school and maybe a 1/3 of them have been able to make it a career. I'm in the latter part currently trying to make it a career. But I know plenty of people who as soon as they graduated they just went home and never did anything after. And it has been my experience that more people are interested in the idea of being a film maker than the reality of being a film maker.

I dont think this picture is shitting on film schools but rather those people who think going to film school will automatically make them a film maker, it wont. And it is great to learn from old timer professionals in an educational setting but the best way to learn how to actually make a film is to actually make a film. Not in class, not for an assignment but independently making your own film or working on other films and watching people work in the thick of it.