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Old 12-22-10, 10:46 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen View Post
Based on what I see at work, I'd say that the figure is pretty accurate, even for the whole society. I would guess that about a fifth of the students that I see in class can't really handle the college workload either. A lot of them end up dropping out after the semester is over. For them, college was a short, albeit expensive detour in life.
I suppose your talking about a difficult subject?
My friends say that some subjects just take effort, while others need intelligence.

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The report by The Education Trust found that 23 percent of recent high school graduates don't get the minimum score needed on the enlistment test to join any branch of the military.
23 percent can't even be a grunt in the army?
how did they graduate from high school?
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