To the Editor: It is true that many students are not prepared for college because of inadequate academic skills.

The threat arising from inadequate skills is serious, as Greatgranddad suggests, but it's in our own hands to fix it.

In positive psychology, worry is described as a response to a moderate challenge for which the subject has inadequate skills.

She took a deep breath and tried again, marshalling her hard-won and inadequate social skills.

It is true that many birth fathers have inadequate parental skills, problems with substance abuse, and poor job histories.

A lot of children we see who have been encourged to excel often have inadequate social skills.

His inadequate skills were immediately thrown into disarray by an elemental chill, slippery and hard as ice as he tried to reach past it.

Traditional dockworkers and maritime managers found their skills obsolete or inadequate.

He also pressed the cause of education for people with inadequate English skills.

I now hear of kindergartners being been held back because of inadequate skills or an inability to withstand academic pressure.