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Originally posted by RallyJon
Yes. He ended up going to trade school. He's a plumber and doing very well.

My point is that it makes no sense to keep a guy like that in the classroom. He was a distracted, lazy student, skipping class and getting those poor grades. When he found his niche (actually, his observant father found it for him) he did very well.

I think we're almost seeing eye to eye. While I'm sure there are people who get crappy grades because of lazyness (like your friend) there are others who just aren't cut out for academics. That friend of mine I was talking about earlier worked a lot harder for his D than I did for my B.