Say you’re a little smarter than average, nothing to write home about, “bright normal” like me. You rock out in primary school because it’s aimed far too low for you. Your parents and teachers tell you how smart you are. You get the better teachers and maybe some more advanced classes. When you get into the real world of college, first year isn’t much different from high school, but then study quickly gets serious.
Faced with educational difficulties for the first time, you figure you’re just not smart enough to handle it and give up. You never had to work hard before, hell, you barely even studied, you don’t know how. You never internalized that everyone has to work hard to advance. Your peers that are doing well are doing so because they worked for it, but you don’t see the behind the scenes action.
One of many reasons I went into IT was that it was hard work I didn’t mind.
I went through this. It’s a well known thing.
Say you’re a little smarter than average, nothing to write home about, “bright normal” like me. You rock out in primary school because it’s aimed far too low for you. Your parents and teachers tell you how smart you are. You get the better teachers and maybe some more advanced classes. When you get into the real world of college, first year isn’t much different from high school, but then study quickly gets serious.
Faced with educational difficulties for the first time, you figure you’re just not smart enough to handle it and give up. You never had to work hard before, hell, you barely even studied, you don’t know how. You never internalized that everyone has to work hard to advance. Your peers that are doing well are doing so because they worked for it, but you don’t see the behind the scenes action.
One of many reasons I went into IT was that it was hard work I didn’t mind.