That failing grade kept me from attending MIT. I eventually received my science degrees from three other universities - none of which are MIT.
Now, as a structural engineer, I monitor safety crash tests, in which all makes and models are slammed into concrete walls via a catapult. These doomed vehicles include one very expensive dummy and 4 to 6 cadavers.
Coincidentally, today Mr. Smith’s body is strapped behind the wheel of an SUV.