I still think you're sniffin' wood glue down there Ridge
but to each his own....The rest of the students in your class made out just fine....some I'm sure went on to be engineers or just plain productive people in society...and in the words of LumberSlinger and the immortal Judge Smails "the world needs ditch diggers too", and I'm sure some in your class went on to be that too.
Don't get me wrong our education system needs some improvement but what I am trying to say is the opportunity to learn and excel in school is there for those who chose or are able to do it. The problem is I'm worried that less and less kids are choosing to do it and I don't think that it is the education systems fault.