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Theodore Roosevelt's Paradox of Schoolwork
Biographer Edmund Morris catalogues Theodore Roosevelt's lifelong obsession with naturalism. To support this extracurricular exuberance, Roosevelt had to severely restrict the time left available for what should have been his primary focus at Harvard. He wasn't top student in his class, but he certainly didn't struggle either. In his freshman year he earned honor grades in five out of his seven courses.