"Yeah but some kids'll never have any skill no matter how much time you spend on 'em. If they're at least tryin' I don't like to see 'em fail. I mean, I failed physics like twice. I got a C in the end but a lotta guys woulda got discouraged and dropped out. I still don't know how I got that C. Numbers ain't my friends."

He shoved another three sticks into his mouth. "Unnnlssss itzz frrrr wrkuuuts," he mumbled through his chickeny mouthful.