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vidar on May 21, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What streetsmarts have you learnt?

Disagree vehemently, it is possible to do well in life despite having no/bad academic results. Those skills are called street smarts.

Maven911 on May 25, 2010 [–]

It is possible and we see it all the time...I am not denying that, but I wouldn't call it street smarts...maybe just "smarts".

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