But when you say Nampa, Idaho, people don't know where it is, and they figure that nothing exciting develops here. Just because they're important in their field doesn't mean they're unapproachable. The very worst that could happen is not getting a reply. McShane impresses upon his students that their main responsibility is to their families and themselves, then their schoolwork and finally PCS or other extracurricular activities. Those grades are important.
State law demands a C average to graduate.
But with one or two exceptions, the kids are all A or B students. Most of them participate in sports. If you're not physically fit and sit in front of a CRT all day long, you'll become a computer nerd. I mean, some of it's over my head. But if they really didn't like what we did, they'd pull their kids out of class.