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I hear you brother! It's both a blessing and a curse to be good at something. You ace things others don't and you don't even understand why others don't underst
by tharkun__ 5y ago
I hear you brother! It's both a blessing and a curse to be good at something. You ace things others don't and you don't even understand why others don't understand instantly! Math was always easy for me at school. No need to study, instant A or B. Good enough. Language? Easy too! Just grammar, pronunciation and spelling. Easy peasey! Interpreting what that author meant? What do you mean there's hidden meaning? Why would anyone do that? Makes no sense to me!
This only changes once university came around. Finally I got rid of the interpreting Shakespeare parts and there were problems in math and computer science that I actually had to spend brain cycles on to stay on As and Bs! Definitely a "learning curve". One of the first classes at university I got F (by 1 point). I had to redo the test. I actually went and studied that time around. Got an A.
Do I need any of that stuff now? Well I can't remember the last time I really needed a bin packing algorithm to be honest. But I do agree it's valuable to know that thing exists. I was in a study group with a bunch of really smart guys that aced those things like I did high school. They work at the Teslas, Googles and Facebooks (actually all three of those for real, lol) of this world now and I work somewhere else. That's totally OK. They still ace Tesla. I ace my job.
- pedrosorio 5y ago> Language? Easy too! Just grammar, pronunciation and spelling. Easy peasey! The irony...