Couldn't agree more with Margaret.  Kids today are soft and I blame their parents.  The parents don't enforce kids getting their assignments in on time, allowing their kids to make up excuses. or worry that little Johnny is going to get hurt in the playground.  I get it that some kids/ people suffer from mental illness but now it seems everybody has some affliction or another that requires 'special' attention or some cocoon around them. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and move on.  Its called survival of the fittest.  Fight on or fall back.  If you can't keep up there's someone ready to step in.