Jim Rohn is quoted to have said that, “formal education will make you a living;
self-education will make you a fortune.” If you are not book smart chances are,
you are street smart and that’s where real life experiences lie.
Parents often urge their children to do well in school without recognizing that a high school
graduation is not a guarantee that the child will have a successful career or a happy life. Even
with their in-depth understanding of each subject area, the majority of students who do well in
school are confronted in life with obstacles and hurdles that are insurmountable regardless of how
much they study. At the same time, graduates who barely received their Cs in most of the subjects
exhibit an extraordinary knack of surviving and achieve greater heights than their geeky friends.
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Now, let's investigate the possible reasons why pupils who earned a “C”
grade tend to have greater success in life than their friends who earned an "A."
9. Earlier personal experience gained by direct participation
The majority of students who graduate high school with a C grade do not go on to further their
education at a college or university, which forces them into the position of having to look for work.
As a direct result of this, the young person acquires early working experience,
which is highly valued by employers. This occurs many years sooner than it does compared to their
contemporaries, and in some cases, the experience is valuable and inspiring.
8. They create helpful networks through their organization
It is common knowledge that effective communication may result in a variety
of positive outcomes. C students are freed from the obligation to sit through tedious lectures,
allowing them more time to engage in conversation
with a diverse range of individuals and build productive professional networks.
They have a greater opportunity than A-students to network with relevant individuals, some of whom
may become future employers or investors for them, and they may capitalize on these relationships.
7. As a consequence of the increased chances available to them to take pleasure in their life,
they report higher levels of happiness.
Young individuals who are successful in their studies often find it difficult to unwind during
social gatherings because they are always thinking about the work they have the following day.
Students who scored grades of C don't let this fact bother them;
instead, they let their hair down and allow themselves to be filled with the
wonderful emotions and enjoyment that they deserve. They realize that pleasure is the
most important factor in their success, and as a result, they enjoy greater levels of it.
6. Their answers are not only straightforward but also exceptional.
A student earning a grade of C will not be required to do laborious and time-consuming
computations even for the most difficult of assignments. When faced with a challenge,
a significant number of young people will search for novel approaches that can provide a solution.
Following a well-trodden path may not always produce the most fruitful results;
sometimes going off the beaten path might produce better outcomes. Bill Gates, a millionaire who
never considers a prospective employee's academic performance when making a hiring decision,
is one example of a person who has succeeded in life despite having dropped out of university.
5. They are familiar with the meaning of having to work hard in order to achieve success.
The majority of students who did not perform academically well
do not have the kind of luck that would allow them to land a job of their dreams
only on the basis of the appearance of their diploma. In order to achieve their heights, they
must first overcome a great deal of resistance along the road. It seems to be a really beneficial
experience to go through ups and downs because this is quite comparable to how life works.
Students who receive a grade of C learn to embrace struggle from the moment they sit down
in the classroom. They are looking for a strategy that will allow them to pass all of their tests
and examinations so that they aren’t kicked out of school and miss out on their education. Therefore,
by the time they graduate from school, they have already acquired the skills
necessary to circumvent challenges and make the process more straightforward.
4. Each one of them has their own unique way of presenting accomplishment.
Achieving a perfect score on a test or assignment is the pinnacle of academic achievement for many
students. They are clueless to the fact that they are only numerical expressions
that can be interpreted in many different ways. Students with a grade of C reject the notion that
there is a single, universally accepted picture of achievement and shun the practice of following the
herd. They blaze their own trail, one that they believe will take them to a successful existence.
Young individuals who come to this realization either do so on their own
or as a result of their parents' failure to adequately communicate the concept to them.
Therefore, they come to the realization on their own that achieving outstanding academic scores
is not the only path to success. As a direct consequence of this,
people determine their objectives on their own and work toward achieving them all by themselves.
3. They Are Able To Build Communities That Can Support Them
Students that consistently achieve high grades are usually always those who are able to rely
only on themselves. C pupils, on the other hand, are conscious that they have knowledge and ability
gaps. To therefore make up for such gaps, they rely on the strengths of the people around them.
They surround themselves with groups of individuals who are strong in areas
where they are deficient in order to compensate for those areas. They are
able to coerce others who are vital for them to complete crucial duties without any issues,
which means that further expertise is in no way required at all.
2. They are the furthest thing from being idealists or perfectionists.
It is preferable to have a task that has been finished than one that has not.
This is the mentality of students who get a grade of C and understand
that striving for excellence inevitably leads to procrastination at some point.
Because of this, they find a happy medium in which to do all that has been assigned to them,
despite the fact that they do not have a particularly strong drive or level of dedication.
These students would rather figure things out on their own via trial and error
than receive help from a teacher or tutor to ensure perfect outcomes.
That will prove to be far more beneficial in the future, when they will be able to achieve
greater heights with much less effort and in much less time than A students.
1. Self-directed learning is best suited for individuals like them
Why don't pupils in grades C and lower take things to extremes? Even if they don't receive
very high marks very often, they won't settle for less than decent performance. The explanation is
rather straightforward: people take pleasure in acquiring new knowledge, but only with regard
to topics that are personally relevant to them. According to their line of thinking, it is a
waste of time to become knowledgeable in fields that will not produce satisfactory outcomes.
As a result, students obtaining a grade of C choose self-directed learning
and complete assignments in other subject areas,
but they do so without paying attention to the quality of the work they produce in those areas.
During their time in school, many pupils are unaware that their grades are only numbers
and represent nothing more than a numerical representation of their performance.
Students who have been committed to academic success throughout their schooling
often find themselves at a loss after they leave an educational setting since grades are no longer
relevant. Students earning a grade of C find a solution to this problem while they are studying.
After graduating from school, they are able to put their acquired knowledge to use in a
proactive manner, and as a result, they are more frequently successful in comparison to students
who attended other schools. This is due to the fact that their perception of the world and the
significance of the learning experiences they have had appear to be significantly more useful.
And it for these reasons and more, A students end up working for C students.
In summation:
Apart from the fundamentals that an academic education provides, C grade students also have
the advantage of learning other life skills that are ignored by their A student peers. For example,
while their A grade counterparts are busy learning maths formulae and human geography,
C grade students might teach themselves financial skills, such as saving, investing,
borrowing and learn about taxes (something even full grown adults have yet to comprehend)
Secondly, as mentioned earlier, C students get early job experiences in their lives
which aid them as they set up their startup’s businesses and that’s where A students come in.
Since most C students lack the professionalism to put to work,
they tend to compensate that by employing the experts who are the A students.
It's hard to believe that the folks we refer to as "the powers that be" aren't all straight A's.
In truth, many of the world's most successful people struggled in school.
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Walt Disney, and Richard Branson are all on this list.
The list might go on forever. Even Einstein was suspected of having learning difficulties.
These individuals merely serve to emphasize that poor grades do not necessarily imply the
end of the world, but rather the reverse. The main advantage C students have over A
students is that they understand how to operate outside of the system. They make it a point to
tear down boundaries and explore the world at their own speed and in their own learning method.
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