{"id":4113,"date":"2015-09-16t09:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-16t16:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2021-01-06t13:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06t21:09:07","slug":"real-intelligence-what-makes-a-person-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/gen\/real-intelligence-what-makes-a-person-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"real intelligence: what makes a person smart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

when you think of the \u201csmart\u201d kids, who do you picture?<\/p>\n

perhaps someone with a perfect test score or the national spelling bee champ. <\/p>\n

if so, i think i might have to disagree with you. don\u2019t get me wrong, academic achievements take serious work and i commend all of the spelling bee champs out there for those long hours spent in the library.<\/p>\n

but i get annoyed when the traditionally intelligent fact-memorizers, sat essay-writers and grammar nazis are seen as smarter than other kids. sure, these people have high iqs, but what about their analytical intelligence? their ability to make connections? to truly understand other people?<\/p>\n

but who am i to say who is smarter than who? who is anyone to make those kinds of judgments? it\u2019s very difficult to determine, especially because there are different kinds of intelligence. a famous albert einstein quote sums it up perfectly: \u201ceveryone is a genius. but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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in our society, \u201cclimbing the tree\u201d is the equivalent of getting a high sat score or a perfect gpa. these tests aren\u2019t a true qualifier of intelligence!<\/p>\n

i know plenty of people who are extremely brilliant and witty, even if they don\u2019t have the best grades. i know that they will do great things that will make the world a better place and they won\u2019t need straight as to do them.<\/p>\n

the moral: remember that sat scores, grades, and college acceptances don\u2019t define how smart you are\u2014no matter how snooty your classmate acts about getting into harvard.<\/p>\n

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