Quote Originally Posted by GAMEchief View Post
Self-fulfilling prophecies, perhaps?

If you think you can't pass it, you won't.

Knew a chick once like this. Made D's in her math classes. Was in remedial classes for it. She insisted she couldn't "get" math, and I insisted otherwise. Took about a year of convincing before she believed me, but she is making A's in college level math classes now.

If I know anything, it's that you will do exactly as well as you think you will in a class. Math or not.
TL;DR version - self-belief or no belief are the two camps most folk are divided into. But don't forget that some people just aren't cut out for certain things as well.