" It all depends on how you define success and intelligence."

I said that already... note above re: Conventions... This article is about the conventions of the educational system... And within those conventions, FAIL is a very serious concept... and a very necessary one as well...

"Some people who are "dumb" in some areas of endeavor are geniuses in others."

I said that already too... Not all the coins in the fountain are shiney nor can they all be exchanged for the same number of jelly-babies...