Oh, that is interesting. Wanting to get praise and appreciation from teachers is very foreign to me. I didn't have to put any effort into school because it cam

Oh, that is interesting. Wanting to get praise and appreciation from teachers is very foreign to me. I didn't have to put any effort into school because it came pretty easy to me, so I did not. I mostly wanted to impress my peers. I felt being too intelligent was more of a flaw to hide than a asset. I learned pretty early that people don't appreciate it if you make them feel intellectually inferior. Might be because I have a working-class background so intellectual accomplishments aren't really that valued in my world to begin with. I guess you are from a background that would call themselves "middle-class"?