There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them. The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.
When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy.