Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
Wot!

Your confession that you learnt how to dot your i's and cross your t's at school, but weren't much good at anything else was quite illuminating. So, if I understand it correctly, you know how to baffle people with words, but you are totally lacking in critical thinking skills? That sounds just about right to me mate!
Talking of illuminating, the first sentence of your second paragraph qualifies for that description as I didn't say anything of the sort - if that's an example of your much lauded, by yourself, critical thinking, I'd say you might be entitled to a refund. I was in the top two or three in my class through primary school and always in the top stream through to O levels. I had the intelligence, but, as I got towards my late teens, I found I didn't have the self discipline to make the most of the increased time to yourself you were given in school - I started bunking off more and my work suffered.

That's me being honest. You asked me something and I answered it in plain language not designed to "baffle" or be clever - you should try it now and again.