But about a tenth were described as having marginal skills and a quarter as not literate.
He notes that about 30percentt of ninth graders fail to get a high school diploma by the time they are 21, and 10percentt get general equivalency degrees, which require only "marginal skills".
But the escalating numerical projections, which have grown each year as the United States has deepened its involvement in the war, have yet to undo these forces' reputation for poor initiative, corruption, marginal skills and an enduring dependency on foreign supervision for everything from resupply and fire support to actions that should be routine, like standing post.
While no one is certain of the causes, experts cited an increase in the number of young men in their crime-prone years, diminished crime-fighting assistance from the federal government, fewer jobs for people with marginal skills and even the ongoing growth in methamphetamine use in some places.
Whatever marginal skills at capoeira I'd gained from Harrison earlier in the evening were long gone.
Even patients with good literacy skills may have marginal numeracy skills.
Rather than seeing it as a marginal beneficial skill optionally taught at the graduate level, we understand parallel programming as crucial basic skill that should be taught as an integral part of the undergraduate computer science curriculum.
Furthermore, cancer prevention and control messages are often written at too high a reading level for individuals with marginal literacy skills, and health professionals often overestimate the health literacy skills of patients, possess inadequate awareness about health literacy issues, and do not routinely use recommended communication strategies [ 67, 68].
Tells about his interaction with the students, many of whom had only marginal intellectual skills.
The officers said they took small comfort in signs of the Taliban's marginal weapons skills.
