Laziness definitely comes into the equation. A great deal of students (even adults today!) have learned somewhere along the way that laziness is okay.

a careless attitude about the desire to be understood

This is an interesting idea. I don't think I'd really thought about this one too much, but I can see what you're saying. After all, if you don't care about being understood, why do you need to bother gaining the skills required?

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