In practice

Hello friend Miki!
How are you?
Almost good night 🙂
How is life?
 
My question is this: Today I taught a lesson on Tractate Berakhot (too much text) and I wondered to myself, the message I want to convey is to educate in scholarly thinking – the kind that asks questions and seeks sources and rejects if something is inappropriate, especially one that is not afraid to wonder even about the Torah.
Why is all this relevant if I end up starting a halachic/mishnav commentary?
And in general, why don’t people apply this outside? You see academic Haredim who can be great and be giants, etc., but still, in general, they have the thinking ability of children in the Jewish community (at least in political terms).
Thank you for your time!