Bad Idea #19 - Really crappy study habits

Alright, my roommate and I are both students. We get GPAs and everything in our courses. My roommate has a B.A., which doesn't mean much except that I kinda expected him to know how to do well in school. I was wrong.

19. He has other people "tutor" him, or just basically do his homework while he pretends to understand each step.

That wouldn't in itself be a problem. That's ok, he's just good at covering up either his laziness or inability to learn (I suspect the truth is a bit of both). However, he comes home wondering why he has the worst grade in his class on tests, despite the fact that he's taking that exact test for the second time. That's right, he failed out of class before and started over, but he still can't really do much. He is on the cusp of getting his second "Lack of Ability" counseling statement. The LOA essentially is a document that says that the subject is too dumb to ever learn the course material effectively, and recommends that the subject do something else. Maybe pumping human waste from port-o-potties in Iraq. Or something.