One device for communicating this to students. The price of liberty and the role of tenure. Teach skepticism not cynicism. But the primary challenge is to motivate the student. This talk addresses one way to motivate students to learn statistics.
Motivation is emotional.
A student is motivated to learn when he or she has an emotional investment in the topic. An instructor is motivated to teach when he or she has an emotional investment in the topic. Good teaching of any topic is motivational and emotional. In essence, she showed that having both teacher and student emotionally and personally invested in the topic leads to fulfilling moments in class. She suggested evaluating your own goals, not just as an instructor, but as a human being.