The most important 21st-century skill

56% of the youth of the world feel that their future is doomed. When I read this, it saddened me to no end. Shouldn’t the youth be more willing to take challenges head-on? Shouldn’t the youth have more hope than us adults to bring about a positive change through their actions? Who or what is responsible for making kids develop a more positive outlook and for making them believe that their actions have an effect on the world.

Everyone knows the current education system around the world is failing us. But the extent of this wasn’t obvious to me until I got to know…