I got straight A grades on high school essays. It turns out my teachers were just being nice. My first college essay came back with more words in red ink than t

I got straight A grades on high school essays. It turns out my teachers were just being nice. My first college essay came back with more words in red ink than there were words in the essay, all well justified. Niceness lowered the slope of the learning curve and I left high school incompetent and unprepared. Sometimes you've got to be cruel to be kind in the right measure. It's a very good sign.