I had a high school teacher that liked to say the following: You can be smart and lazy and do fine. You can be dim and hard-working and do fine. But smart an

I had a high school teacher that liked to say the following: You can be smart and lazy and do fine. You can be dim and hard-working and do fine. But smart and hard-working will always beat them both. I was pretty clearly in the smart and lazy camp, and was OK with that lot. And, as he said, I've done fine. EDIT: I should add, though, that I'm very happy the SAT did not have the writing section when I took it. I severely doubt it would have improved my relative score.