It is interesting that the OP wrote "not really learning anything", then talked about the social aspect. That _is_ learning. For most people in this world, they won't be on the STEM track. In these cases, having well-developed social skills is crucial to your adult life. And, even the STEM track, those with better social skills are usually more successful, excluding the extreme minority of "head-down" STEM types who barely need to talk with anyone to be very successful.
Well-developed social skills matter for kinds on STEM track as much. It is not just that you get more successful if you don't have them, it is that you become impossible to work with.
