Certainly Mordell would have not learnt enough mathematics at the Central High School to allow him to compete with the best students at Cambridge, but he was ambitious enough to want to do exactly this.
Totoong Mordell ay hindi sapat na learnt matematika at ang Central High School upang payagan sa kanya upang makipagkumpetensya sa pinakamahusay na mga mag-aaral sa Cambridge, ngunit siya ay mapag-adhika sapat sa gusto mong gawin mismo na ito.