Research done overseas suggests that fewer than 1 % of children who rank at the top of the class in elementary school go on to achieve particularly noteworthy success. In fact, a study of world-famous people showed that almost none had ever been stellar performers academically, although they were indeed quite intelligent.
游乾桂指出，國外的研究顯示，小學成績第一的孩子，長大之後，功成名就的比例不到百分之一；甚至有人研究世界級名人發現，他們幾乎都不是課業成績上的「東方不敗」，卻都有一顆敏銳的腦子。