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High school (in the US) is so easy for gifted students that they barely need even try to earn a 4.0 and be the valedictorian.

Not all kids with good grades go on to do awesome things. But it makes sense that many of the best and brightest, the 'eccentric' ones, happen to have an easy time in school.

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I certainly learned to do the bare minimum required to get a 4.0. It was pretty easy in the end.

And then had the shock of my life at college to the point where I said "screw this" and dropped out. Got a dead end job. Realized I did actually need to put some effort in and went back and graduated. The school system is not fit for purpose! Higher ed does OK.

Hmm no I found college much much easier than high school.

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