That's great! But not all naughty kids remain bad students. I turned out to be a very good student, too, even if I was a little challenging behaviorally. I think most of my teachers liked me, with maybe just a couple of exceptions.

The same enthusiasm that went into me talking when I wasn't supposed to went into me often being the most likely to raise my hand and answer questions. There were times when I struggled not to raise my hand because I thought other students would be saying "Oh no! Can't she just not raise her hand!" But then no one raised their hand. In those cases, the teacher would then say "BirdDancer, what do you think?" Ahhhh! That would give me extreme relief.

Sometimes some of the same personality features that get kids in trouble, later help them in their careers. Think of Donald Trump. Story has it that he was such a bad kid that his father sent him to a military academy. Love him or hate him, he did make something out of himself. To me, he is still a delinquent, though. I, on the other hand, think my behavior has improved quite a lot over the years. I was doing quite well in life until the worst of my bipolar disorder struck.

The following article backs up what I wrote in the paragraph above. This isn't to say well-behaved students aren't or can't be equally or more successful.

https://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/study...uccessful.html