Is it difficult for a kid with a good family and who went to a good high school that prepared them for college? No.

But let's be honest here, for some of these kids who did not have those advantages (some came from under performing schools...and that is me being kind...in which they were probably passed along because they were great athlete's in high school), every day is a struggle. For some of these players, college might have been the first time they have had to truly study and work hard. A "C", in fact, is not easy for them.

And when you have people watching over you...helping to guide you (and literally checking to make sure you are in class every day)...and those people are suddenly gone (4 weks before exams)...well, unfortunately, these kind of things happen.

In a perfect world, all these kids would be at every class and study every night with no supervision at all...but, as we all know, it is not a perfect world...and many of these kids came into this program in from far from perfect worlds.

Maybe I have a soft spot for this because I had all the advantages of good schooling and educated parents (and was solid enough to earn an academic scholarship) and yet I still made foolish mistakes and yes, did not not make all C's and above (matter of fact, I failed a class twice before finally scraping a C on the 3rd attempt). Or maybe it is because I student taught at an inner city school and I saw first hand the challenges some of these kids face (is was so demoralizing, I switched majors)

Sorry, I am not trying to start an argument with you '82.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier --Colin Powell