With all due respect, I think this is a bunch of jibber jabber. Sure, I can agree that all blame cannot be solely rested on the students. However, this bit: "2

With all due respect, I think this is a bunch of jibber jabber. Sure, I can agree that all blame cannot be solely rested on the students. However, this bit: "21st century students just aren’t going to do that" That's just hogwash. It is nothing more than an appeal to vanity. Furthermore, students should take some of the blame. When the issue is about asking for too many extensions, playing video games rather than studying, etc I'm sorry but it is just delusional to think that Billy gets high instead of writing an essay simply because he has not been inspired by Michele Pfeifer. Those movies that the author here cites never really show the actual work the fictional students have to do. Maybe the author should have watched "Stand and Deliver." The idea that students have been "mentally maxed out" by all their little electronic toys is also completely laughable. The "look at me now; I'm so successful because I write Ruby on Rails code and I left school because I was disenfranchised" is sort of juvenile, to just be honest.In most colleges, there is a great education to be had if you pursue it. In college, you should take some responsibility for your own education.