skeptic rant - good at math does not equate to success

[jsky]

Here's a pseudo social skeptic thought - important? I am fed up with all these sociological pressure being put on students (like me) on being good in school and math. There's almost a brainwash campaign related to our generation and our parents' generation that there are specific types of success, and in school, academic success defines us all. Has anyone had friends who are good in math that are not successful in later life? I know a few.

Is this just the systematic means of the powerful to extract more useful proletariat into the workforce to fatten their wallets?

/end rant.