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If you regularly received low grades at school, there's good news – it may not have been a reflection of your intelligence.
Instead, a new study suggests that your surname may have been to blame.
Researchers from the University of Michigan say that students with surnames that come later in the alphabet are given lower grades.
What's more, these students tend to receive ruder comments on their work, according to the researchers.
'This may be something that happened unconsciously by the graders that's actually creating a real social impact,' said Helen Wang, co-author of the study.
If you regularly received low grades at school, there's good news – it may not have been a reflection of your intelligence. Instead, a new study suggests that your surname may have been to blame (stock image)
In the study, the team analysed more than 30 million grading records from students at the University of Michigan.
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