I can relate! Private HS was a breeze, undergrad was uneventful in school, mostly because I showed up and left. Then first semester going for a Doctorate and I realized I had no clue how to study. All these people actually took tests and knew less than me, but were better test takers! What a stupid thing. I then had to actually remember all the ridiculous minutae that profs wanted on top of actually UNDERSTANDING the material! So far, 35 years later, I'm still learning things the way I like...for fun & profit!
During my first round I-Banking interview a Managing Director's first question..."what happened to the rest of your G.P.A"...I was NOT expecting that right out of the gate. Sometimes you get lucky and the answer just came to me..."I invested it into people skills." He laughed and didn't ask me a single question afterwards. We just talked for 45 minutes. 20 years later & I still talk to him at least once a month.
If you are interested in really *seeing* art you may like the work of Luc Travers https://youtu.be/uYQ17zqZkoc
I can relate! Private HS was a breeze, undergrad was uneventful in school, mostly because I showed up and left. Then first semester going for a Doctorate and I realized I had no clue how to study. All these people actually took tests and knew less than me, but were better test takers! What a stupid thing. I then had to actually remember all the ridiculous minutae that profs wanted on top of actually UNDERSTANDING the material! So far, 35 years later, I'm still learning things the way I like...for fun & profit!
"I’m better than my wife, but I should be a lot better than that." - Yikes, that’s rough.
Bob Rex
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During my first round I-Banking interview a Managing Director's first question..."what happened to the rest of your G.P.A"...I was NOT expecting that right out of the gate. Sometimes you get lucky and the answer just came to me..."I invested it into people skills." He laughed and didn't ask me a single question afterwards. We just talked for 45 minutes. 20 years later & I still talk to him at least once a month.
There’s a skill set suited for reading textbooks and listening to lectures and storing it in short term memory. And then there are smart people.
School is a complete and total waste of time.