text: My boyfriend is in Algebra in the 8th grade and he struggles with this class. But he passes with a C in it knowing that it is his best. He is on the football and basketball team here and he is an amazing athlete and a very smart person. Algebra is just not his strongest subject but he sits in that class and pays attention and does his absolute best. So if you take away sports from him just because his best isn't good enough for you, that would really affect him.