Same story here, when I was instructing we had some Indian students who were much the same way. Looking for any way to get around the system, wanted the "question banks" for stage checks so they could just memorize the answers. And memorize they would...they could practically quote anything out of the book but had zero idea how to apply any of it to the real world. And I didn't meet one who could fly themselves out of a wet paper sack.
I distinctively remember one who took nearly 40 hours to do her first solo. Three different instructors had tried everything they could to cater to her, with no success. And of course, her company refused to accept that, saying only "she will make a good pilot."