You don’t learn how to discover by going to school and you don’t discover new things by following what you’ve learned in school.
The school sets the boundaries and it’s up to you to break through them and see what is on the other side. You’re going to get laughed at, criticized, demonized, and put down, but the jeering crowd isn’t the one in the arena doing the work. They’re the faceless critic on the outside.
You discover new things by taking aggressive risks and challenging the limits previously known. School teaches those previously known limits so don’t worry about your mentor’s approval when you’re stepping out into the unknown.