This is and will I hope continue to be a wonderful thread!
Quite how I passed the 11+, achieved 9 OL and 3 AL and a University Degree, and ultimately was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry is something that I and many who know me continue to be amazed by.
I have poor social skills and am intolerant of fools. I think only outside the box and get bored easily.
I question everything and believe very little, particularly when those in authority tell me they know better.
I can be lead, but not managed...SWMBO tells me.
On journey through life I eventually discovered, through my kids education issues, that like them I'm dyslexic, dyspractic and suffer from ADHD. Apparently I have a "corrected" IQ of 148.
So, what does this prove?
Nothing, other than we all have to plough our own furrow and whilst advice can be helpful, it is not always useful.