'Things magic can't do? Of course there are plenty. For example, Rorschach was feeling his internet addiction flare up, and magic probably couldn't conjure the entire internet for him to scroll through...'
But the question carried a faint hostility, one the student who asked it might not have even realized. His grandfather was a Mage, but neither his father nor he had ever shown any Casting Ability. Cared for by their ancestor, they became affiliates of the Magic Guild, and his father had found modest success in business.
There were many students like him here. If a Magic God truly existed, He must be a mischievous and fair one, for He would never allow Casting talent to be passed down stably through the generations, refining a bloodline. It was for this very reason that most Mages focused only on their own practice, never fantasizing about passing on a reliably talented lineage.
