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Education

One More Excuse for Failing Grades

July 06, 2007 01:58 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link | Print

Remember Paper Trail's little bit about "math anxiety" a while back? Well, according to a University of Texas researcher, "foreign language anxiety" also exists, the Daily Texan reports. The condition can lead to "hesitancy to practice the language, missed classes and lower grades," which is interesting because that kind of sounds like being a regular irresponsible college student. They have diseases for everything nowadays. –Alison Go

Tags: academics | University of Texas

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