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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What Plank has done is amazing, but he is an anomaly. Do you encourage your kids to be "C" students so they can "run the world"? The beauty of this country is that there opportunities for life success regardless of your academic prowess. [/quote] Of course Plank is an anomaly. But the idea floated on here above that very high academic achievement is some sort of ticket to wealth and success is a faulty one. In Washington, DC there are lots of places where "credentials" are very important (Government, Law, Consulting, etc). But in the rest of the world, its performance that counts. It turns out that attributes like toughness and willingness to take risk and imagination and the ability to work with and through people are much more important. Very smart people are often put into jobs as experts (e/g. Insurance Actuary) while others not so gifted run the company. [/quote]
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