You're willing to question the ability of these students by saying "they couldn't get it." You haven't examined the possibility that you couldn't teach it. I

You're willing to question the ability of these students by saying "they couldn't get it." You haven't examined the possibility that you couldn't teach it. I don't want to question your intelligence here. I'm sincerely interested in your answer to the question: how do you know it's the one and not the other? Here's some historical perspective. Before he became "The Great," Alexander's father Philip arranged for the young man to be tutored by Aristotle, who was already a world-famous academic. Philip was famous as well, for having his political enemies flayed or boiled alive. Imagine Aristotle saying to Philip, "Your son Alexander is a very bright young man. If he would only apply himself. B-"