A will to Learn
I was educated some in chemistry , and in biology and physics too, at Cornell University. I did badly and I soon forgot all they tried to teach me. The Army sent me to Carnegie Tech (=technological institute) and the University of Tennessee to study mechanical engineering. I did badly again. I am very used to failure, to being at the bottom of every class.
A cousin of mine, who was also a high-school classmate, did very badly at the University of Michigan while I did badly at Cornell. His father asked him what the trouble was, and he made what I consider an admirable reply: "Don’t you know, Father? I’m dumb (òóïîé)."It was the truth. (After Kurt Vonnegut)