There are different kinds of smart. I have had this same conversation with friends in the past, and I've developed a bit of a theory, here. There are simply different types of smart. Everyone has friends who got all the plaudits in school, worked extremely hard, got the 4.0 in school and then fell flat on their face in the real world. Everyone has friends who bombed school, skipped their finals to get high, drank every weekend, barely stumbled across the stage for their diploma and ended ...