Blue Mage might actually be a good thing.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Oh, I thought this was about people who are jerks and don't want to help their friends with BLU.

Also, reminder that there's several pre-50 dungeons available with the Squadron.

Maybe they want to do something else than spend potentially hours farming Shiva EX? What terrible people they are! Keep in mind, learning abilities is entirely RNG dependent. Therefore, it could take several attempts before you actually learn anything.