[flipper35]

The only thing I aced at that age was the flying stuff in college. In order to get into the program they had you do an aptitude test on the simulator. Not a very good one, this was 1987. While most students are doing basic turns and learning the stack, they had me doing precision ILS approaches. They kept asking if I had ever piloted a plane before and I kept saying no. I was the first to solo and the first to get my private that year. Would have gotten my private sooner, but the regulations say you need 40 hours. Had a great flight instructor and he was always messing with me with the "recovery from unusual attitudes" bit VFR and under the hood. I miss ole 5323M and looking up at the ground recovering from cross control stalls. Was asked to be on the flight team but alas, I was not a good student in my other classes nor did I have the finances to pay for plane rental on top of out of state tuition. That said, life worked out wonderfully anyway.

When I went back to school I aced a lot of IT classes. Not a big surprise having been in IT for 18 years at the time.