I have seen it the other way, as well. I have seen workforces composed of almost exclusively top-tier, Ivy League grads with sky high GPAs that, once they have achieved their "dream job", shift the gear into neutral and coast downhill. Some of them are the first to clock out, often as early as 3:30 pm (not 5 pm). I have also seen companies with mostly people from the "working classes", who work their asses off and still don't get compensated for it in the paycheck.

I don't know what the BMAT is, but the MCAT is the test that is required to enter medical school. Perhaps you would fare better in admissions if you took the correct test?

A good, solid C average is all it takes to be President of the United States. Heck, you don't even need to be able to spell, "smoking", nor do you need to know what, "scott free" means,. . .

What district (reality?) do you live in where teachers are paid a six figure salary? 90% of teachers in most cities in the USA would love to be even close to that kind of income!

Football/basketball stars also have this thing called,. . . ahem,. . . talent.

I don't speak Greek, but if you're a scientist and don't know the Greek alphabet, that could be problematic,. . .

I teach chemistry at the college level in the United States, and we do not require our chemistry majors to take German. My PhD program had a foreign language requirement back in the late 90s when I started, but no specific language requirement. Since I am a computational chemist, they allowed me to substitute a foreign language with a computer programming course. I guess computer languages were foreign to most faculty at the time,. . .

Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him,. . .

A series about Khan is risky, IMHO. The core fan-boys will either love it or hate it; there is no in between there.

A show about starfleet academy could be interesting. Might bring in some younger viewers. But it could also completely suck if they make it like Beverly Hills 90210 In Space ,. . .

Didn't the Ancients already figure this out using a set of six astrological symbols representing any point in space, with the seventh symbol representing the point of origin? Plus, Captain Samantha Carter figured out how to account for stellar drift.

So, instead of building a wall, shouldn't we be constructing a giant spaceship transfer that turns into Mega-Maid with a vacuum cleaner? I hear the combination for Planet Druidia is 12345. Oddly enough, that's the same combination on President Trump's luggage.

I doubt it's zero, but the body of most iPhones, and even MacBooks and Mac computers is aluminum and glass. I am sure there are some plastic components, but the bulk of the body itself is not plastic.

I have had a second generation iPad since 2012, and it has worked well for five years. In fact, it still works very well, because I gave mine to my brother at the end of last year when I bought a new iPad Pro. I just needed more memory, and wanted to use the Apple Pencil when lecturing, which is not supported on the older iPads. Having had two of them already, the iPad is very well made and I have not had the need to repair it. It would be nice if the battery was easily replaceable, but even after five years of use, the battery in my old iPad works reasonably well, and if you're watching a movie close to an outlet, not an issue. Since I use my iPad Pro for lecturing, I would like to see the capability to record while connected to a projector. iOS has screen recording capability built into the OS, but it does not work while connected to a projector.

When you think about it, the United States has a somewhat similar situation with Puerto Rico. The US government recognizes PR as a Commonwealth and part of the nation. The Puerto Rican government does acknowledge this, unlike Taiwan's government in relation to China. Some on the island want PR to become a full state; others desire independence. Right now, I think everyone on the island just wants electricity. At least Taiwan has that.

Who needs silicon when you can use proteins engineered from plants or cyanobacteria to generate electricity?