Good Grades Do Not Guarantee Professional Success

Have you ever heard of a famous character whose ratings left something to be desired? It seems impossible to imagine that someone who has achieved success in their professional life could have been a dunce student and not had much education. Yet this is something that happens frequently. Grades have very little to do with success, and low achievement in school can even be positive for the future.

People like Steve Jobs, the creator of the Apple brand, Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, were not 20/20 students. And what about the Nobel Prize for Literature Joseph Brodsky? The teachers did not know what to do because his grades and his class work were deplorable. Maybe intelligence or big ideas have nothing to do with getting good grades in school.

The success of less extraordinary people

The large amount of successful people who don’t shine with their grades in school lets us realize that we have an idea about the world, which is often far removed from reality. Our parents and teachers demand good grades from us because they believe they will open doors for us and get us where we want to be. But can’t the worst students achieve success? And are there bad students?

The learning model in schools has not changed much in recent years. We continue to learn dates and numbers that will be useless in the future, other than passing an exam. As a result, we spend a lot of time in class with our noses up, bored and falling asleep.

The lack of dynamism and the lack of motivation means that many students, even though brilliant, are totally disinterested in school tasks.

Most of them are frustrated, think they are not strong enough to do the job they want to do, and will put shackles and excuses to prevent their dreams. But, others, will choose an idea and carry it through to the end, however crazy it may seem. If it motivates and appeals to them, why not do it? Why not believe in yourself?

We are not all made for studies because we often do not learn what we like. Teaching limits us and prevents us from delving into what really interests us. This is why if you have bad grades, it doesn’t mean that you are less intelligent than the others. You just haven’t found what really motivates you and what you want to learn.

Also, be aware that the ratings are just numbers that put you in boxes: poor, fair, good, very good, excellent. Doing an exercise or exam well doesn’t make you smarter, but someone who successfully solved the problem in the best possible way and most importantly, according to what the teacher wanted.

Lack of creativity in schools

At this point, we realize that if people have succeeded in creating such famous brands and winning Nobel Prizes, that means you can too. The only thing they lacked in school was that creative impulse that allowed them to reach their full potential.

But creativity in schools is something that is not sufficiently exploited. All students study the same way, but they are not all the same! Some have visual memories, others love stories, and still others need to express their creativity and ingenuity. And everyone could have 20/20!

Despite this lack of creativity in school and the emphasis placed on outdated academic programs, the good news is that not having good grades doesn’t make you a less intelligent person. or with fewer possibilities to become “someone”.

On the contrary, it would seem that the people who were least noticed in school were the ones who were able to unleash their creativity once they were out of school. Those who have been able to transform the world with their inventions and innovations.

If you have been one of those people, you now know that there are no more barriers in front of you. You were taught to put them on, but they don’t exist anymore, if you want them. Maybe you realized this early on, as soon as you got out of school and noticed that everything you were told was not serving you, or was not for you. Perhaps your writings or your sketches were discriminated against. Maybe when you were asked what you wanted to become and you answered “writer” or “astronaut”, they looked at you like you were crazy.

But the real lunatics are the ones who don’t believe in you, because if you want to get something and you really want it, the least that you can do for someone this age – and for everyone but especially when there is still everything to build – it is to encourage it. It is obvious that you will go through frustrations, that you will make mistakes and that there will be times when you want to give up, but there will also be wonderful times and great learnings.

Now think of the little people who go to school every day feeling like wasting their time. Don’t they deserve real opportunities, smart intentions and a well-designed school that reaches out to them to develop their potential? Whether you have children or not, education is a topic that concerns everyone. Its design and methods, too.