I am a 40 something graduate engineer. I was born in Finland where I completed my schooling, army and university studies. My early school times were moderate to excellent but when you are young and male it is understandable. Maybe it was the army that changed all, who knows. In any case I came out as lieutenant and since that time my studies have been top class.
Life is strange.
Languages were not my forte but immediately after graduation I came to South Africa where Finnish may be described as mildly useless. I assume that I like challenges. Intelligence ensures the easiest route to complete a task in a productive way. To spend two days developing a new working method that cuts the work load from two hours to one is acceptable to me. I do it all the time.