Sep. 30th, 2008

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This is a great blog post. Read it! :) Do Good Grades Predict Success? - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

I was speaking with a colleague the other day and he was remarking on an accomplishment I have had in my field (of microprocessor design). He assumed I had been a straight-A student all through school.

When I noted that I was far from it, he was shocked. This got me to thinking: we usually just assume that somehow grades in school (at any level) are predictors of future success, or certainly of intelligence; but I highly doubt it. I tried to find some good studies, but found five problems immediately:

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Yuka and I watched Style, Fashion & Beauty Tips - How To Look Good Naked - Channel4. Don’t know what it is like all the time, but it was a wonderful thing to watch. Not that I’m signing up or anything.

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