It's kind of a reminder that for every Wesley who passes with a 90+ average, there are also the Barclays who just fumble through and pass with one mark over the pass-fail threshold ...
Barclay was extremely capable and intelligent though. He just had problems dealing with people and shrewdly sought out assignments he could use his talents by himself. It's not his fault his ships command team ran into him and decided that he was broken and would make it their own personal project to fix him.
Wesley failed the entrance exam the first time he took it, as did Picard, then later fucked up with the flight maneuver that killed a fellow cadet and set Wesley back a year. The started him down a path that ended with him quitting Starfleet before graduating. Picard at least stuck through all the shit he went through at the academy, and that included being stabbed in the heart!
Picard didn't pass the first time, either, however he did graduate from Starfleet unlike Wesley who quit then wandered off with a creepy old man offering candy The Traveller who offered to show him the back of his van mysteries of reality.
It's kind of a reminder that for every Wesley who passes with a 90+ average, there are also the Barclays who just fumble through and pass with one mark over the pass-fail threshold ...
Barclay was extremely capable and intelligent though. He just had problems dealing with people and shrewdly sought out assignments he could use his talents by himself. It's not his fault his ships command team ran into him and decided that he was broken and would make it their own personal project to fix him.
Wesley failed the entrance exam the first time he took it, as did Picard, then later fucked up with the flight maneuver that killed a fellow cadet and set Wesley back a year. The started him down a path that ended with him quitting Starfleet before graduating. Picard at least stuck through all the shit he went through at the academy, and that included being stabbed in the heart!
Wesley didn't pass the entry exam the first time. He had to reapply at least once. That's how elite Starfleet is supposed to be.
Picard didn't pass the first time, either, however he did graduate from Starfleet unlike Wesley who quit then wandered off with
a creepy old man offering candyThe Traveller who offered to show him theback of his vanmysteries of reality.