Some of us are brighter than others :)
To be fair, my grades - especially in my major (geology) - were less than stellar but that was more due to lack of interest than time spent studying. For example, I got an "A" for my first semester of chemistry, a "C" the second; the professor the first semester was interesting, the one for the second was little removed from a cadaver. That held true in most of my classes...interesting teacher, decent grade.
As it turned out, grades were unimportant...there was a little recession in
1958 and no one in my geology class got a job offer. I even knew peole with doctorates and 10+ years of working experience that had to take deep pay cuts. Forced into another endeavor, I stayed in it. No regrets.
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