I just mean "normal" in the sense that if you really wanted to specialize in something like a STEM, the main option was a degree, and while there has always been some indoctrination there is a clear jump in this right around the beginning of social media, when things like online courses and online videos etc., began to explode in numbers, and I guess the indoctrination portion of school took over because teachers aren't as necessary when all the answers are online.