Do scores in school matter?

The common topic during lunch sessions is normally a flashback of childhood days. Just that the sub-topic keeps on changing ranging from pranks played in schools, excuses made for not going to school, playing in general, comics, festival craze, old black and white TVs and few options on the only channel but still cherishing them to what not. Those were the days!! Anyways coming back to present, today’s post lunch conversation, somehow brought back the memories of my school mates and raised a big question in my mind that where are all of them today professionally. Then percentage, rank used to matter a lot. It would not be exaggeration to state that intelligence was directly linked to percentage scored. Though me was never a part of the same and so always considered myself average. So many years down the line, today if I see and compare few of my classmates, I can firmly say that academic scores are no way indicative of a good or bright career. Nature vs Nurture debate also doesn’t hold true in this context so what can it be contributed to? Some argue that its exposure after school days and later, which decides how your professional career will shape up but my eccentric mind wonder is it something that people call destiny? Ah may be I found a topic for a later post.