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What is meant by “a 4 kids got 64/65”? Was your D’s 75 a percentage, being compared against 64/65 (98%)? That is, 48/65 = 75%? A test of 65 total points would be odd. Or that four kids had 64 or 65 out of 100 (that doesn’t make sense - it would be an odd factoid to cite; i.e., “the bottom kids did OK”?).</p>
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At some point, it’s not enough to be really bright; you also need to put in the work. Everybody hits their wall. But for many of those truly bright kids, the wall won’t be found in the undergrad years. And for a very few in certain fields, maybe no walls ever. It can be a joy to watch those kinds of people, but it does teach the rest of us an important life lesson.</p>