I would too. All that hard work learning a new skill only for it to fail almost just as quickly. At least he's learned something new to use in the future, so that's a plus at least.
Okay, that's it. I was hoping I was going to be wrong, but the students just keep losing. Hell, this one was an elimination. I'm going to have to stop reading for a while until I'm no longer pissed off at the whole premise of this arc.