Published on 12, July, 2020
As the title asks!.....its not a veiled pop at intelligence...but ive never excelled, in part, due to a very late diagnosis(at least,thats what im telling myself)....but of course, i am quite good at some things....but its not of any note...(please dont ask me, i wont want to divulge as its all pretty rudimentary stuff, and serves to remind me how limited my life really has been..
Im not looking for any bolstering platitudes and im not licking wounds or being self pitying....
Im Genuinely, curious if theres anyone else out there ,that isnt academically successful?
Almost nobody in my entire extended family has a degree. Until the late 90s most people didn't, so it's still only a small fraction of people over 40-45.
I have friends with degrees and friends without, and one friend that's a professor at a leading university and another that's developed a cure for cancer. They're all nice people or they wouldn't be my friends, and they're all good at some things and less good at others. It's not a big thing.
(The one that cured cancer is also addicted to marijuana, but fortunately lives in a US state in which it's legal)