Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people down.
Your best work is your expression of yourself.
If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility.
A new idea is obsolete in seconds, right? I just said it and now it's obsolete.
You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.