Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> I was a flop at Algebra, but it's a story which is both long and   
    RN>> boring.   
      
    RW>> Mathematics never interested me and the Algebra class was the first   
    RW>> that did. My father was used to seeing Cs and C+s, but never an   
    RW>> A...He gave me a dollar for that...then Algebra got to be so   
    RW>> boring, my grades fell off and I passed the course with a C...never   
    RW>> opening a book to study.   
      
    RN> I was very good at math and still am, but Algebra was a whole 'nother   
    RN> animal and my professor didn't care if I made a passing grade or not.   
      
   He certainly must have, since grades show his ability to teach as well as   
   grade. i.e. if you have some failing students, there must be a problem   
   that should be looked into. Is the student not capable of learning, does   
   he have low esteem or is there a problem with the teaching method?   
      
    RN> I was in a room withe 39 other guys and I was in the back of that   
    RN> room and couldn't hear what he was saying.   
      
   ?   
      
    RN>   I tried getting his attention, but he ignored me.  Looking back, I   
    RN> should have reported him to the principle. [...]   
      
   Actually, had you reported your hearing problem to him, he may have   
   changed the seating situation so that you were in or near the front row.   
   If not, then I'd ask the principle to do something to ease the situation.   
      
      
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