[JimRed]

The professor talked to him a bit and advised him to drop calculus in favor of another math class that would teach him what he needed for calculus.

Most of today's kids can't even handle the math of "That's $2.79...Out of $20. Eighty, ninety, three; five is ten, and ten is twenty. Thanks, come again."

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes and that is the point. Their transcripts say they are ready but they are not.

Professors, at least good ones, have ways of weeding them out quickly and preventing the student from wasting their time and money on a class they are not able the handle.

It sounds to me like that is what the college president was asking them to do and some professors didn't like it.

[JimRed]

And my example shorted him two bucks! Correction follows...

Most of today's kids can't even handle the math of "That's $2.79...Out of $20. Eighty, ninety, three, four, five; five is ten, and ten is twenty. Thanks, come again."

Pride goeth before a fall.