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The rosy-cheeked Englishman had the kind of dopey sullenness you might find in an underachieving student at the Hogwarts detention room.
Factors such as large classes, teacher workloads, and the lack of proper training to ensure that the teacher is an expert in their subject can all turn the good intentions behind the no-fail policy into simply passing the burden of an underachieving student onto another teacher.
An underachieving student, he was shipped to Vietnam as a Navy medic.
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Instead of celebrating and encouraging students who exhibit extraordinary talent in a given field, the author seeks to relegate them to the rank and file of the average or underachieving student and has the audacity to pronounce it "an injustice to allow students to attempt science research before they master the technology only a university can provide".
Hecker says he's looking for the outlier, the underachieving student with potential hidden by attitude and perceived difficulty.
Finding a school that is a good match for what he professes he wishes to study (even if down the road he changes his mind, which is highly likely) can be the greatest incentive of all for motivating the underachieving student.
Moreover, peer pressure from other underachieving students can have a powerful effect on those who want to get ahead.
Davis describes how the district is undergoing an "equity audit," looking closely at how to help its underachieving students become "self-advocates" and access the tools they need to succeed. .
Others noted that a 2015 study of high schools in four cities in England found that performance on high-stakes exams improved after a cellphone ban was imposed, with the greatest gains for disadvantaged and underachieving students.
The compulsory education led to passing underachieving students from class to class.
In the mid ХХ century teachers left most underachieving students in the second year.
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