Because genuinely smart people don ' t need to go tell everyone on the internet how smart they were in high school . You ' re supposed to do well in high school , it ' s the base level of knowledge needed to function . <| sep |> Get fucked to the bottom of the nfc east <| sep |> It ' s manageable if you ' ve simpler tastes . Base around here is usually around 24 k per year . Oddly enough right around the salary cap . Some of the larger but still rural departments get up to 30 k to start . With take home vehicles , off duty jobs , and police discounts it ' s more than enough to survive . 30 k is pretty comfy if your spouse works like mine . <| sep |> Ahh I see . Let me know if you change your mind . You could have easily traded one of those painted toppers for an MG 88 .