<p>To all of you who are arguing against the OP’s thesis: sorry, he’s pretty much right.</p>
<p>Even amongst college-bound seniors, the vast majority of people on this site are well above the average. I don’t think most of the young people on this site really have a firm grasp of how “not average” they are, though. It’s okay, though. They’ll go to college and probably feel “average.” Then they’ll go to grad school, and odds are that they’ll either feel “average” or “dumb.” </p>
<p>Then they’ll join the workforce and they’ll realize how little it really matters because your boss will either be Lumberg or the Pointy-Haired Boss and all of it will have been for naught. But at least they’ll feel smarter-than-average by then.</p>