Is A Good Memory Good?

Remember: Ignorance Is Bliss

Dad’s report card from Northwestern in 1937. Like other nerds, his only weak subject was phys ed — possibly because he never forgot “that incident” in a high school football game.

My father told me his greatest attribute was his memory. He got almost all A’s throughout his academic life, was high school valedictorian, top of his class at Northwestern, and had a successful career as a corporate accountant. But he said he never had to study or work very hard. He simply read something once and retained it.