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You may be a genius but school doesn’t know it. Or is it you that don’t know?

When we think of geniuses, we usually think of great people like Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci yet we forget that it isn’t school that defined how intelligent they were.

Back in junior high, I had a mate called Rob. The guy could hardly read and write well though at that stage, that was too basic for everyone. But the amazing thing about Rob is, he could dribble the entire class if we stood against him in soccer. He was gifted. He was hailed by all until break time is over and we return to the classroom, then some of us take over. In my mind, he was a Continue reading “You may be a genius but school doesn’t know it. Or is it you that don’t know?”