A famous investor recounted his mother’s teaching on a podcast recently. Some parents are all about the marks and ranks for their kids. Others are a little more hands-off.
Said investor’s mother was cut from the second cloth. This was her thought process:
If A is the top ranked kid in school, and D is the bottom ranked kid, this is what will happen in (real) life.
The As work for the Bs. The Cs run companies, while the Ds have buildings dedicated to them.
Ponderable!