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Reply to "Are elite schools for excellent sheep?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I do think it took me a couple of years to unlearn the relentless perfectionism and status-seeking behavior of my college years. Also, I think being highly intelligent in and of itself is not particularly valuable. What's more valuable is intellectual curiosity (different from innate smarts) and a sense of internal motivation. Those two traits I do find lacking in a lot of my classmates." I think what this poster noted is what the OP (and possibly the author) was trying to articulate, especially the internal motivation part.[/quote] Valid point. But is using "internal motivation" to drive your career really all that reasonable? That normally leads to tons of burnout, and you see that in the "caring" professions (teaching, academia, social work, NPO jobs). I'd rather my kids learn early on that all jobs are just jobs, and the main point of them is money and work-life balance. [/quote]
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