This comes as no surprise to me. Thank you Gail Williams for sharing The Atlantic story to confirm what I believe to be true, most of the time.

Success in school is not the same thing as success in life. University administrators assumed that people who could earn high grades would continue to excel later in their career.

But school is not like the rest of life. Success in school is about jumping through the hoops that adults put in front of you; success in life can involve charting your own course. In school, a lot of success is individual: How do I stand out? In life, most success is team-based: How can we work together? Grades reveal who is persistent, self-disciplined, and compliant—but they don’t reveal much about emotional intelligence, relationship skills, passion, leadership ability, creativity, or courage.

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https://apple.news/AQzw6PxTcRde5Zq1iPpGBWg

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