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The Good Student?

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Poppy98

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I was curious if almost all members used to be either "the studious student" or "the natural genuis" in school.

I was definitely not a natural, but I found the well-performing academic students to be pretty friendly and I think it's sort of a safer identity.


How about you?
 
An interesting phenomena I noticed - the studious student tends to be a lot more successful in their later occupations where as many of us geniuses end up either burnt out or drop out for other reasons.

If I'd been allowed to have my own way and study at my own pace I could have finished high school by age 12 and had a PhD by age 16 but I grew up in an environment where more importance was placed on "being normal". Instead by the time I was 16 I wanted nothing more than out of school and I got a job as soon as I was legally old enough to work. Bye bye.

It was the right decision though, I had a great time. I got to see a lot of my country while I was still young enough to live it. Even after I burnt out I still managed to have a great time.
 
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