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> [“He couldn’t understand how I could be so bright in my other classes and a total failure in his. I must not be trying hard enough, he told me. In truth, I didn’t care, and I didn’t want to care.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-satterlee/he-couldn-t-understand-how-i-could-be-so-bright-in-my-other-classes/)

Thom Satterlee

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## More by Thom Satterlee

> [“He couldn’t understand how I could be so bright in my other classes and a total failure in his. I must not be trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-satterlee/he-couldn-t-understand-how-i-could-be-so-bright-in-my-other-classes/)

Thom Satterlee

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