If you've always been praised as the best and brightest, chances are that that self-perception will eventually backfire; if you've had to earn your distinctions, they're more likely to last.
But if you are not so bright the chances are you will back the Tories".
But some scholars and parents have criticized the swelling valedictorian ranks as yet another symptom of rampant grade inflation, with teachers reluctant to jeopardize the best and brightest's chances of admission to top-tier colleges.
THE early days of Internet commerce offered many promises, none of them brighter than the chance for people to set up Web sites and sell inexpensive digital goods like songs, articles and photos.
Taiwan also suffers a brain drain to the mainland, as many of its brightest sparks seek chances in Shanghai or Guangdong province.The choice for Taiwan, says Mr Xie, with a degree of theatricality, lies between becoming a Finland or a Hainan.
Because second chances for bright young managers are far too thin on the ground.
Add in that Troy P. is not all there, not yet, not possibly, not with an Achilles tendon injured, and our chances look bright.
Moreover, the violence was damaging the opposition's standing, and, since its electoral chances remain bright, the League is keen to go to the polls.
There is a also a chance of brighter spells in the early afternoon and light rain later on, when the leaders will be finishing off their third rounds.
"We must break free from the belief that academic selection is any longer the way to transform the life chances of bright poor kids," he said.
