Parsa's father had immigrated to the United States before the revolution, building a reputation for his aptitude with technology, first as an employee and then as an entrepreneur launching several businesses in Los Angeles.
The sticking point is how the government balances the need for short-term reforms - urgently required for GCSE maths, for example, and for assessing aptitude - with the challenge of much more fundamental reform to the out-dated exam system originally envisaged by Labour.
What is true for aptitude is also true for interest.
Metal ions and complexes, because of their cationic character, three-dimensional structural profiles, and propensity for performing hydrolysis, redox, or photoreactions, have a natural aptitude for interacting with DNA.
Employers say literacy, numeracy and a better aptitude for dealing with customers are the key reasons for importing labour from overseas.
Persons seeking access to a BSL-4 laboratory come from many different backgrounds, but they must all share common traits of having an aptitude for work with infectious agents and an appreciation of the need for careful adherence to safety standards and protocols.
They are particularly interested in young people with an aptitude for engineering, luring them with 170 hours of free German lessons and a net salary of €818 a month for three years to complete one of the best apprenticeships in the world.
Newcomb displayed his aptitude for working with figures at an early age.
They must concentrate first on building up local groups of indigenous experts, with aptitude for training others, organized if possible on an institutional basis.
You may well have to develop a new persona -- or at least a new aptitude for dealing with the swarm of relatives, former classmates and strangers who want to "help".
An assistant head was tasked with setting up the school's sixth form three years ago, while a relatively inexperienced teacher who had shown an aptitude for working with more able students was put in charge of the school's Good to Great programme, to increase the number of A and A* pupils.
