What's really painful is getting a needle in the roof of your mouth, or jumping out a window and catching your eye on a nail. Don't confuse
intelligence with
education. I know doctors and lawyers who have lots of education, but can't think themselves out of a paper bag. They know all about doctoring and lawyering, but can't figure out how to fold a tarp, know what I mean? Coming across a new problem and being able to solve it is much more important (IMHO) than studying and regurgitating facts. And most of them don't come across nearly as sexy as you do.