Jamie Metzl
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But when I switched, I was like this feral kid.
I didn't know grammar.
I just hadn't learned anything.
I hadn't learned how to write.
I just had learned nothing.
By eighth grade.
By eighth grade.
I mean, I was like Mowgli.
And luckily, I learned pretty quickly in eighth grade.
Because I remember I had my first history test when I was in eighth grade.
And it asked a question.
And I had just memorized kind of everything.
But I didn't know anything about how to write an essay.
So everybody was gone.
And I was just writing and writing.
And I had great recollection of everything I'd read.
And I got a C minus, which was the best and worst grade I've ever received.
And the history teacher, Mr. Gratwick,
He said, this isn't how you write an essay.
You have to actually think about it.