Following up on Fraud's note, it is absolutely true that staying or leaving academia has little to nothing to do with one's smarts. There are very very able and super smart people who've left academia.. and sometimes I wonder if it's precisely b/c they were smart enough to realize this was not for them.
It is important to approach the question as not one of failure or quitting, but one about what is it that you would enjoy doing? That's the key!
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Posted by Navy Blue Blob to academicsecret at 10/09/2006 01:04:43 AM
