My intellectual achievement was retarded when I went to high school. I…

Noam Chomsky
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My intellectual achievement was retarded when I went to high school. I sort of sank into a black hole because I had to go to the high-achieving, academic public high school. ✨ David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky (2001). Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky, p.19, Pluto Press
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