C. Mielke is basically saying that the main purpose of school isn't, and never will be academic learning. He believes the main purpose of school is to prepare us for the harsh realities of the real world and to help us learn how to problem solve. He states that a lot of kids now are quitting. Students need to be more resilient and persevere through the obstacles of school, otherwise we won't be ready for the real world because we've became so used to running away from our problems. On behalf of students everywhere, I would like to say that it isn't entirely our fault. Growing up in a generation where we are exposed to smartphones and other things of the sort, we are used to taking shortcuts. We are used to making things as easy as possible for us. Because of this, we aren't used to overcoming big challenges. Instead we do whatever we can to find the easy way out. Some of us kids are fine-tuned to the likes of a video game; we try and quit whenever something unexpected happens.
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