Did anyone ever implied that you were not college material?

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<p>how did you cope?</p>

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<p>if anyone said that to me I would punch them in the face.</p>

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<p>then you get hit with a lawsuit</p>

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<p>By the grammar exhibited in the title of this thread, maybe you aren’t.</p>

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<p>^ lqtm.</p>

<p>Yea, my dad, brother and myself.</p>

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<p>Maybe I aren’t or weren’t?</p>

<p>By the assumption made in your reply, maybe you aren’t/weren’t college material, either.</p>

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<p>weren’t is past tense, are is present tense.</p>

<p>the mistake you made in your first post is that you wrote ‘implied’ instead of ‘imply’. there’s a couple of ways or re-writing the title:</p>

<p>Did anyone ever imply that you were not college material?</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>Has anyone ever implied that you were not college material?</p>

<p>Just to answer your question: no.</p>

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<p>yeah I couldn’t edit the title on time!!! ;)</p>

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<p>If we want to get picky, “has…ever” would be a better sentence construct here…but nevermind that! I have to agree with BP – never been told that.</p>

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<p>construct or construction?</p>

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<p>No. Because if I’m not, then why would I be here? :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>oh god, i spent my whole life just to get into college. my whole family said i was college material. now that i’m here, i find life pointless.</p>

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<p>I’ve never been told that. I went to a “magnet” public high school where everyone went to a 4 year college.</p>

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<p>Yes, in the 10th grade, by the crone masquerading as a high school guidance counselor.</p>