"It was a complete balancing act," "Sometimes I had to prioritize family over schoolwork without falling behind, but I somehow did it,"

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And what this means is they don't really care that much about things. They can't prioritize.

这意味着他们不能真正关心,太多事情，他们不能按优先排列。

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And again, as a result of this, Elliot was not struck blind or deaf or retarded, and he didn't become the sort of profane character that Phineas Gage became, but he lost the ability to prioritize.

再一次，结果是，埃利奥特没有失明，失聪或反应迟钝，他也没有变得喜欢亵渎他人,像菲尼亚斯那样，但是他失去了给事情优先排序的能力。

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