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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other legacy we have to contend with is a peculiar contempt for academic hard work. Students who work hard are often called grinds, wonks, strivers, swots - which I can only assume comes from a sort of aristocratic contempt for hard work. This I think is a legacy from across the pond, and it's not some old relic of history either - Boris Johnson in 2013 called David Cameron, as well as his own brother Jo Johnson (who recently resigned from the government over his brother’s Brexit policy), “girly swots” for gaining first-class degrees at university, while he had only achieved an upper second-class degree.[/quote]

So true, everyone hates the curve-killer, sandbagger ... unless he lets you cheat off his paper![/quote]

actually people really hate intelligent people

I never had a problem with the folks who were studying all the time.  It was the person out with us constantly and still breaking the curve.  And really it's jealousy

Back to on topic.  I actually wish real talent was valued more across the board.  Sure it takes hard work too but talent is what should be rewarded and nurtured whether its academics, sports, the arts etc.
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