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[quote=Anonymous]I have a high IQ but had undiagnosed ADHD (it was the 80's) and I did a ton of bad things. I drank and smoked pot starting in 8th grade. I skipped school and barely passed my classes. I think the only thing that kept me from going completely off the rails were my parents. I didn't get caught a lot but I was always afraid I would be so believe it or not my behavior was more moderate than some of my friends.

My parents both went to college as adults and education wasn't stressed in the way we stress it our kids.  Where i grew up, most people went to a nearby state college, if they went to college at all. Plenty of people grew up to work in trades and stayed in our hometown.

I ended up at community college, transferred to a state college and then moved across the country. The cross country move allowed me to shed all vestiges of my former self. From then on I hung out with a high(er) achieving group of people and was able to course correct.

I don't make a ton of $ but I'm still proud of the fact that I make 150K. Our HHI is 500K which is more than I ever dreamed of.[/quote]

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