I want to praise you for this!!!
It's a complete truism which, I think I relied on my exams to be the person I hoped to be. All my peers were the same. Get taught. Pass tests. We respected each other. I thought I was set to become successful
I've discovered more people in life who hated / quit school.
Being a geek / nerd, who never planned to intercommunicate with idiots. In a world of glee, peck on the cheek, dancing, cheers, and say cheese to the camera.
It's taken me too many years to see the demands of people I have to measure up to.
Hmm... politicians. The iQ of a corner shop owner. Infinitely capable of smiling and giggling.
I have perfectionist highlighted right at the centre of my CV! I put years of details & constant updates to that CV. I get the feeling that recruiters / employers who read that have no time, interest or understanding to go beyond the first line of 4 pages. I started with a 9-page CV, which was derided, so I maintain a 4-pager, and even a 1-page for the visually-challenged, or worse
I'm quite glad to have a friend I have a slight dislike of, being set apart from my groups: student/graduate favourites or those who do manual work, driving forklifts and van delivery, and always 'bunked off' school. They think it's absurd for people to read a book
My big brother, who became an international chef, knowing most languages by ship travel onboard, and built his business of catering equipment reconditioning in the 1980s, with many daughters between wives, who sees me as the weirdo. I found him difficult to understand / copy / become. I think there are different types in the world, who are valid, but require the x-factor of luck
I could have thrived by setting aside my scientist / mathematician side, and concentrated on music, sport or the Armed Forces