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Entrepreneurs tend to antagonize teachers, they are in class wishing they were in charge and teachers hate that. That&#8217;s why so many drop out or do poorly at university only to thrive in real life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5855\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kind of intelligence that you need to succeed in business goes mostly undetected at school, particularly because the modern curriculum focuses heavily on rote memorization and standardized testing over practical problem-solving. Its a sense of leadership and strategy that is not what teachers reward. 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