Why You Shouldn't Give A Damn About Your Grades

Indian Ambassador To France, Dr. Mohan Kumar I was recently at ESCP Europe’s Paris Campus listening to a talk given by Dr. Kumar—the Indian ambassador to France. Instead, I would focus on one thing: How quickly you can learn a new skill, unlearn that skill, and then learn a brand new skill and apply it.” If you’ve been an ace at selling insurance for the past five years, can you learn to sell software? It starts when we are very young in our education: we are told to get the best grades possible and then we’ll get a gold star. If Dr. Kumar’s first message about grades his left jab, his next was a haymaker: ““The story of spending $100,000 on a set of degrees and living happily ever after is over. If you’re in higher education or even high school at the moment, I’m not saying you shouldn’t give a damn about your grades.