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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who is a professor, and I'm also a former underachiever. I had a horrible time in k-12 because my grades never reflected my test scores, and I often heard that I didn't work hard. I squeaked into a SLAC, and did really well in college and loved it, and I went on to get a Ph.D. Halfway through my Ph.D. I realized that I just don't learn like other people, and a linear, regimented teaching style just didn't work for me. If I could go back in time and make one recommendation to my parents that would improve my k-12 performance, I would ask them to find my child-self a school that valued creativity and let me explore ideas. Give me a couple year and a great library and I will do excellent work, but the drills, worksheets, and five-paragraph essays of my childhood were never going to produce meaningful learning for me. [/quote]
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