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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Albert Einstein never went to cram school.[/quote]

The top 0.1% of thinkers aren't helped by going to cram school or whatever...but they are also born with an amazing intellect that you can never have if you aren't born with it.

The winner of the Fields medal in 2022 (Nobel prize in Math basically) had a mediocre academic record all through HS:

June Huh is the most prominent Fields Medal winner (2022) who famously did not follow a traditional path and considered himself "notably mediocre" or "flunked" at math during his early education. Unlike most prodigies, he did not start serious mathematics until age 23, pursuing poetry and journalism first. 
Key details regarding this unconventional path:
Mediocre Grades: Huh has stated in interviews that his math grades were "notably mediocre" compared to his other subjects during his school years.
Late Start: He did not aim to be a mathematician, only starting serious, intensive study in the subject at age 23.
Path to Success: Despite this, his "least traditional" career path included a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and a Professorship at Princeton, leading to the 2022 Fields Medal for achievements in algebraic geometry. [/quote]

Traditional paths, tests, and academic competitions are poor filters for original thinkers—but that’s difficult for people to accept when they believe success is just grinding and repetition.[/quote]

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