Bryan Guillermo stared at his dismal grade report and considered dropping the math class he had just begun at City College of San Francisco.
It was fall 2004. Two months into his first semester, Guillermo already felt overwhelmed by the basic algebra, quadratic equations and polynomials covered in class.
"I'm really bad at math," he admitted, remembering that he also considered dropping chemistry, nutrition and astronomy. "It was a challenge to understand what they were talking about."
Guillermo's academic struggles are the norm in California community colleges - and the vast majority of students hoping to earn an associate degree or a vocational certificate drop out instead, according to a new study that points to an alarming trend at California community colleges.
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