Which type of people does better?

TheDad
Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:16:45 +0000

Proton, no, slacking off is often a lack of self-discipline, which by no means indicates “less intelligent.” There’s a significant set of slackers who are very intelligent but are used to being able to cruise to success without working very much. One of the smartest seniors at my D’s high school this year is a slacker, even though she’s taking 6 AP classes. Her grades put her at the top 5 percent…for her–I know her very well–that’s underperforming. She’s also doing a neuroscience internship/job at UCLA and has a profile sprinkled with all sorts of nice baubles. But she still underperforms, spending waaay too much time watching TV or, the big one, hanging out on the Internet for hours at a time.