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"If we eliminate all struggle in children's younger years, they will not arrive at adulthood magically equipped to deal with failure," she wrote.
The teacher then gave an example about what happens when a child, who never learned these skills, fails a test in college for the first time.
The student won't be able to say, "Oh, I really need to study harder," nor will that student think to reach out to the professor for advice or join a study group. Instead, they will likely respond in one of the following ways: