My wife's son is a recently-minted top-of-his-class doctor who said that he would not be a patient of 80-90% of his med school graduating class. I chalk it up

My wife's son is a recently-minted top-of-his-class doctor who said that he would not be a patient of 80-90% of his med school graduating class. I chalk it up to their primary skill is to be a memorizer. As a problem solver, myself, I have more respect for people that can think through a problem, analyze it, and come up with creative solutions. I have never seen that in a doctor, but that's really because they're just a product of the system that produces them, and I've only known a few. My guess is that most of them are pursuing that career because it's lucrative and socially beneficial, not because they can make a difference in people's lives. > I think doing well in college is probably more about factors like time management skills and social support network than about vices. I agree, but the vices can certainly interfere with the rest of it, especially for us poors who don't have upper middle class parents to fall back upon, as you suggest. I think a lot of why we're not rich in the first place is that our parents didn't have the mentorship to succeed either. But I'm not crying about it, not while I have breath and love and fighting spirit. Peace be with you, my friend.