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The sad part is that, these days, you don't know if the problem is because they dropped out of school or because they graduated from today's public schools.

I taught at a university and had two of the star basketball players in my Intro to Econ class. Two weeks before the final, they came in and asked for their copy of the final. I pointed out that the final wasn't for two more weeks, and they said they knew that but they always got a copy of the final "to study" before they took it. I said "Not in my class you don't." Two minutes later, a senior faculty member came in and said I should give it to them "because they are unprivileged". I told him that, if I did that, employers would quickly learn that graduates from &%^$ University don't know squat and what you are advocating would kill any chance of future graduates of getting a job with that company." He stomped off in a huff.

I never once again had a varsity athlete in any of my classes.