Most people here are too hung up on the details. I don't read an essay like this and take away from it, "Boy, the author had shitty teachers!", rather I think,

Most people here are too hung up on the details. I don't read an essay like this and take away from it, "Boy, the author had shitty teachers!", rather I think, "Yeah, he's right, raw intelligence without perseverance won't allow you to advance far in graduate school."