Maybe we have to work harder and not just open the door but grab them by the hand to pull them through it. Like most things in life you get out of it what you put into it. It seems that public school way, in Kansas, is to keep finding ways to make education and extra curricular activities EASIER because there is no way we should expect kids to learn work ethic. That might come from the administration mentality of just ask for more money and the taxes will magically go up to pay for anything we want and yes I said WANT not need. Even rivers have been controlled and maintained so it would seem there is a way to make it happen but it takes a consensus. Capitalism and good hard work to earn it just might be becoming obsolete.