[WinterAyars]

Okay, but the school example is bull. I've blown people away with all kinds of stuff, but i've never gotten anything more than an "A" out of it.

Of course this is one way in which school is unlike real life. In school your success is effectively capped, whereas in real life it is... well... still capped, but very very loosely so compared to the school environment.

In other words: school encourages mediocrity because you can never break the 100% barrier.

Now i know that's a generalization, but it's a lot more true than the given example.