That rings true. I chalk that up into "lack of autonomy" category.

I feel like modern kids have their life path set out on steel rails. The whole system is set up to see who can grind away hardest so that someday they can be an obedient and hard working corporate cog.

In the 90's and early 00's, we didn't even have homework and could get into top tier colleges. The kids in my family are now doing 4 hours of busywork a day.

The incentives of education today care very little about talent and are one big struggle session.