The life of a Sinking student.

Too many students smile because their eyes are too heavy with tears. Kudos to those that are brilliant, don't blame the average and dull. There are many reasons why a student will be first in class and while the other one is the last in class.  One of the important reasons why a student won't be an "afiko" you think he should be is that the mind is a battlefield. Some are weak to fight this battle and some are strong. The weak ones are weak because there is no gun in their arsenal (no inspiration). Another reason for been an average is the temprament. There are four temperaments; sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholy and choleric. Temperament like sanguine though have high IQ but not usually a good student(see Tim la haye on temperaments), So before you blame any student for being poor understand their temperaments first.
Instead of casting blames on the weak ones let's encourage them and give them words of hope. A sinking student needs words of motivation to get out of the river of failure.