What school got wrong
What did school get right about you, and what did it get wrong?
He thinks school wasn't really right about anything, and that it got everything wrong about him. He didn't suck at school; he just didn't enjoy it. He would sleep through his classes but ace all his tests. He doesn't think the common assumption is true — that you will never be anything if you don't get good grades.
School wasn't really right about anything in my assumption, currently, and I think it got everything wrong about me. I think the majority of individuals believe that if you suck at school, which I didn't suck, I just didn't enjoy it. I was super bored when I was in school. Like, I would sleep through all my classes, but ace all my tests, right? And the common assumption is you will never be anything if you don't get good grades, which I don't think is true. They do say the A students will work for the B students, the B students will work for the C students... or something like that.
He graduated high school at 16.
Confirmed by Michael McCraw, relayed by Gideon, Nov 14, 2026, 4:48 PM MT. No school name or year was given. This is a confirmed fact, not a first-person transcript.
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Questions
What did school get right about you, and what did it get wrong?
School wasn't really right about anything in my assumption, currently, and I think it got everything wrong about me. I think the majority of individuals believe that if you suck at school, which I didn't suck, I just didn't enjoy it. I was super bored when I was in school. Like, I would sleep through all my classes, but ace all my tests, right? And the common assumption is you will never be anything if you don't get good grades, which I don't think is true. They do say the A students will work for the B students, the B students will work for the C students... or something like that.
Did you graduate high school at 16?
He graduated high school at 16.