The Myth of Connecting Dots

Great parents have kids who produce great performance in school. If that's not true, we should stop telling ourselves it is. Grades are an illusion. Passion and insight are reality. Your work is more important than your congruence to an answer key persistence in the face of a sceptical authority. Fitting in is a short term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long term strategy that takes guts and produces results.