Sentence examples for a marginal student from inspiring English sources

And by "continuous" I don't mean "continual," a distinction that Bryson elucidates in "Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words," one of several also improbably entertaining books on language he has written, despite, if his memoir is to be believed, being a marginal student in high school and a onetime college dropout before lighting out for England in the 70's.

You might think these are the words of a marginal student trying to just keep up.

They might not be admitted over a similarly marginal student whose parents can pay.

But, Ms Schafer admits, a good essay might win an otherwise marginal student admission.

The one exception, Mr. Dobbie and Mr. Fryer wrote, was borderline students: "Attending an exam school increases rigor of the marginal student's high school course work, and makes the marginal student more likely to graduate from high school with an advanced diploma".

However, attending such an elite school does not meaningfully improve the academic performance of the marginal student.

But he also believes he will eventually be able to take more chances with "the marginal student" because those players will be more likely to conform to his agenda, as opposed to setting it from the start.

Nonetheless, the effect for the marginal student is important for policy.

So while both instruments identify a population of marginal students, these are not identical populations.

What amazes me is that even a marginal few students managed to crank out prose that was either reasonably or decidedly cogent and well written.

If we were to take this notion to the extreme, we would discount the value of community colleges, where graduation rates are low for various understandable reasons, or discount the value of institutions that take in marginal students and find a way to bring many of them to successful outcomes.