User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/RWBY Episode 12... wow.../@comment-82.33.101.54-20131005080854/@comment-3146930-20131006163145

Yes Ruby was doing poorly in her school, that is until she found someone to teacher her how. Maybe Qrow approached her and she accepted his help. Jaune on the other hand has people all around him offering to help, and he is refusing. That is the difference. He want to be a strong fighter like everyone else but refuses the help of those around him. Do you think this would have changed if he had gone to a regular combat school first? Probably not, as he would most likely still refuse help from those around him and eventually failed out.

Also, this is a world full of people like Jaune's father; people skilled in weaponry, fighting, and tactics. To say that just because Jaune's father wouldn't train him doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. I also understand that you can learn better from fighting with a real person then a wooden dummy, but that doesn't help if you don't know the basics. Maybe Jaune should have enrolled himself in a combat school before deciding to go to Beacon. I mean if his parents were ok with him faking his way to Beacon, I'm sure they would have been ok with him faking his way into a regular combat school first.