<p>How do you get “studying does not help at all” from what I posted? Also, I don’t think a person can assume “when you study, you pass”. </p>
<p>I didn’t say studying doesn’t help. It would be foolish not to study. But it is a major oversimplification to extrapolate that if you study something you will pass it. One should try ones best, but that is not always enough. This generalization has perhaps been true for you so far, but is not necessarily true for every student and not necessarily true even for the most gifted of students given certain subject matter.</p>
<p>Have you not known people in high school who work as hard as they can and still only get Cs and Ds? People who sit in an algebra class and simply cannot grasp the concepts? Kids and adults who struggle to read, even with tutors? Not everyone is blessed with innate ability.</p>