You know what drove me nuts when I was majoring in art? (I dropped out.) Nobody would give actual critique! That's what I was there for, and I hardly ever got any! You got a grade yes, and you might get a "Your line work needs improvement" or something, but the drawing teacher who did the still life class was the ONLY art teacher I ever had who gave REAL critique! All the others just wanted us to do the assignment, demonstrate the technique they were teaching, and then who cares about anything else. "Today's assignment was about complimentary color. I see you have complimentary colors in your piece. Very good. Next!"

I remember my print making class... we'd have these BS "critique" sessions, with all the students, and we'd go back and forth with all this "ambiance" and "line weight" and "theme" crap, but not one scrap of practical advice for improvement ever happened.