Counterpoint: maybe, if anyone is even cooked, it is just this one student and not an entire generation.

Go back generations and it was always something else ruining the youth: not playing outside enough, Internet, videogames, hip hop, playing outside too much, TV, rock & roll, books, etc.

In my own studies and brief time as a tutor, you get students like this who just see school as an obstacle to something else. Even then, some people aren't good in a structured setting, like school, but can still be a productive member of society.