I think I was lucky enough to have gone from "wow, you're smart" to "what do you mean you're struggling to catch up?" relatively early on. Also, joining the deb

I think I was lucky enough to have gone from "wow, you're smart" to "what do you mean you're struggling to catch up?" relatively early on. Also, joining the debate team and getting quashed repeatedly the moment I stepped above Novice rank helped sandblast apart any lingering arrogance I might've had. /Being/ smart is hard work - discovering that was a little painful, but at least I /did/ learn that lesson.