Examples of underachieve

• Many children in low income countries underachieve and never realise their full potential.

• We are told that standards are not high enough, teaching is not good enough, and pupils are underachieving.

• It argues that members of involuntary minority groups tend to underachieve for fear of being sanctioned by their peers.

• Though the system underachieved in both financial management and development planning, participation - notably by elites - increased, and influenced the type and location of council projects.

• Nevertheless, we share the objective of tackling the problem of underachieving schools, and we are not opposed in principle to city academies.

• Two other schools were judged to require special measures and one was found to be underachieving.

• That programme is designed to support academically able pupils and those with talents in sport and the arts, including those who may be underachieving.

• We condemn her for underachieving in school, but we should condemn ourselves for allowing her to live in such conditions.

• Targets are there to be hit, but, sometimes, underachieving does not mean that we are not making progress.

• It is too simple to say that schools are at fault if children underachieve, as there are clearly other factors involved.

• That message has to be understood by those who underachieve at school and by those who teach them.

• It is still the case that far too many young people and adults underachieve.

• Yet in all those markets we are seriously underachieving.

• Boys who have no contact with their fathers are more likely to underachieve at school.

• It is worrying that many parts of our society are underachieving.