alt Hacker News> One of the smartest people I've known left school at 14 and couldn't read or write.
Really? What a bummer. Imagining how much more they could've done if the education system had taught them to read and write.
> One of the smartest people I've known left school at 14 and couldn't read or write.
Really? What a bummer. Imagining how much more they could've done if the education system had taught them to read and write.
Maybe. But the education system was never designed for this kind of person. Challenging authority and doing things in unconventional ways is not tolerated in school. I think he dodged a bullet.