The flawed theory is that A+ students become good leaders.
Theres no reason to think that this should be true.
Doing well on tests, paying attention to whats being asked, being diligent in short-term error correctionthese are three hallmarks of someone who is good at school.
None of these are important once youre charged with charting a new path, with figuring out what to do next. In fact, they get in the way.
We invented the educational regime to produce compliant factory workers. But the most compliant arent always suited to be the bravest, the most empathic or the most intuitive.