But without the aptitude for it, Schwarzbeck chose to go the business school route.
You don't get to be the best-paid athlete on a planet that houses Lionel Messi and LeBron James without a formidable aptitude for marketing and deal-making.
Cole says teachers would make sure pupils understood that this was because you'd be unlikely to cope with the subject without a strong aptitude for maths.
Mayo said he had gone through school "without showing any aptitude" for writing but one day the teacher had read out the opening paragraphs of his essay "because I had actually got it right for once".
Anticipating evidence that may be offered through upcoming witnesses, a victim's ability as a singer may be remembered without playing a song, and another victim's aptitude for poetry without giving a reading".
Though the E. globulus has been classified as a List A-1 invader in California by CalEPPC, an aggressive invader that is a pest in more than three Jepson regions, I believe that the Blue gum tree has already invaded as far as it is going to and so has little aptitude for further growth without major changes to the global ecosystems and therefore is not currently a major threat.
Even with Snow Crash (1993), a breakneck satirical geek-fest that still reads as though it's years ahead of the cyber-curve, he was demonstrating an aptitude for wrangling big ideas without sacrificing pace or lightness of touch.
To test the theory, he needed someone without experience of table tennis or natural aptitude for the sport.
He got good grades without trying too hard and showed an aptitude for visual art.
Perhaps more than their constant falling down, their drunken fistfights and shouting matches, it was the cast members' rare aptitude for expressing themselves, candidly and without varnish, that won them acknowledgment from President Obama and fans like Leonardo DiCaprio.
Non-degree granting vocational schools, much disparaged by some as providing inferior education, are a too often ignored option for many high school students without an interest or sometimes perhaps even an aptitude for traditional book-intensive college learning.
