I'm utterly stunned at the notion that a student who works hard but still gets a C in high school math must not be "college material."
It's not only the C grade, it's that she appears to have trouble with elementary school math:
'Her first two semesters in math, Nathaly got an 89 and an 86, but then fell apart on trigonometry, exponents and logarithms. �Fractions, the pi thing, oh my God,� Nathaly said.'
If she really cannot handle fractions, for example computing
1 5/8 - 2 6/7 by finding a common denominator, she does not deserve a high school diploma. Fractions are a topic of 5th and 6th grade math. Exponents and logarithms are 8th grade math.
Her verbal skills are also mediocre:
'The things the SAT measures.
To get a good score, a student must read and write quickly. Nathaly doesn�t. Her AP Spanish homework takes her a couple of hours a night. �When I read, I go very slow,� she said. �There are a lot of new vocabulary words I stop to look up to make sure I fully understand.�
How much does it matter in real life if a person reads half as fast, but spends twice as much time studying?'
In real life, if you typically take twice as long do something as your coworkers, you will be let go.
