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I agree with Eddy Zhong’s contention, that there is more than one type of intelligence, and that school only helps to build academic intelligence. As kids grow up and enter higher levels of education, they start to lose their creative intelligence. The speaker uses an example of himself. Throughout his school career, he was always a C student, and fell in between the cracks of the academic system. However, when he was invited to a business plan competition, his mindset completely changed. Eddy and his team had won the competition. They had impressed the panel of judges by using their creativity. When most teams created Power Points on their idea, Eddy and his team had went out and purchased materials to create a physical prototype. This was

Knowledge isn’t all about what people know or how well they are in school. IQ tests test the intelligence of the person; however they test the pure thinking capacity rather than what people know. This means that intelligence comes from the entire cognitive thinking ability and not what they

I’ve grown up with the influence of strong women in my life, a lot of which came from my sisters. One of my sisters was a member of National Honors Society and she always taught me in the ways to conduct myself like a member would. So growing up I would always try to be the best person I could be whether that means by studying my hardest, leading the way for my peers and other generations, doing good deeds for others, or building my character. I would try to tie in the values to make me as unique and individual as I could.

Every student is intelligent within their own way, academically and street smart. This is brought up by professor Gerald Graff in his essay “Hidden intellectualism”. Within his work he begins by bringing up a comparison between the potential of street smarts and academic smarts. His views are in support of street smarts as he begins to recount his childhood as a street smart and academically smart child. His problem with both types of intelligence was how he was portrayed to his classmates , either he was seen as a nerd or a common kids based on solely their intelligence on certain matters.Gerald graft has a well thought out interpretation on why students aren't born intellectuals in an academic sense but instead they could be intellectual

At a young age I learned thanks to my parents that hard work pays off… only if you are putting in all your effort. Coming to the United States and beginning school were some of the hardest things that I have been through in my life the language barrier was one of the toughest things to surpass but by having people along the way to support me helped me thrive . Being supported by my parents teachers and peers has shaped me into the person I am today; not only do they set standards for me but I set standards for myself and try my best to make all those who have been with me along the way proud, just like Collins describes when he speaks of the thoughts of a successful CEO after leaving his company and seeing the great thing he has transformed a once failing business into. That CEO has not only done something good for himself but also for his companions who once worked alongside him in order to make the company thrive and continue growing after his departure. I can see myself in him because being the first in my family to attend college I am setting an example for the younger people such as my siblings and cousins making them more eager to learn and continue on to have a college education in the

A statement that stuck out to me was that “people are more important than things.” This is an idea that seems to have been innate for me. Since I was young, I always cared a lot about the people in my life, and that has translated to how I am now. I value friendships so much. I believe that yes, you have your family and they should always be there and support you, but having friends creates such more stable foundation in the relationships that you have. You can make a lot of money and buy whatever you want, but money does not equate happiness. I appreciate the people who are in my life and all the experiences we have shared together, which I will continue to reminisce about and keep forever. Money or things could not give me all those experiences. Sometimes I feel like people are so driven by their need for a sense of achievement and wealth/power that they push people away and give up any chance of building their friendships and enjoying the fruits of life that you can only get through your interaction with people. These people just end up alone, and that is something I do not want to do. Randy Pausch was very successful at being able to always put people before things.

For precision, I remember when I first started working at my current job as an orthodontic assistant. I asked what seemed like a million questions every day. At one point I thought I was being annoying, but how else do you learn? I always told my boss that I like to know what is going on so I can be as productive as I can at work. I do like for an explanation to be given to me when it comes to new things. I also appreciate a demonstration. I love to learn new things, and once I learn them, I like to pass my knowledge on to others. Being the way that I am have opened many doors for me and has helped me climb the latter to when I want to be.

Being curious is a very complex idea where Ian Leslie describes how being curious is about asking questions that lead to more questions. Leslie’s passage describes how asking complex questions that do not have simple questions can lead someone down a journey to learn something that they did not intentionally mean to learn. What Leslie means by this is if questions are not asked then the possibility to learn new things is not possible. The beauty of questions is that they can lead to unbeknownst opportunities. Finding answers for a complex question will not always be easy. Defeating obstacles while trying to find answers to a question can be difficult and not giving up grows one’s mental map. Leslie believes that questions are stepping stones for learning something new. Leslie includes studies and research into Curious to explain how being curious is affected by how complex, surprising, and how much background knowledge someone has on something they are learning.

It is not defined by one’s social status or financial situation. It holds no secret, and cannot be weighed or measured. It can be lost, twisted, and molded into blanket ideals of wealth and prestige. And so when I have been asked what values I hold close to my heart, they are often blindly viewed as arrogance, but I rebuke this opinion that my more austere family members may often spew over the dinner table. I would rather be a black sheep and hold true to my dreams, than be a cog in a patriarchal machine. I suppose my parents haven’t taught me what I want to be when I grow up, but they have given me a disciplined morale and the gift of a tougher

"Making yourself valuable to your family and society by studying, learning, growing, earning, helping, giving and saving, is important, but first your must follow the wonderful wisdom of God to retain, teach, and give true love value in your lifestyle and generations to come." ~ Jon Barnes

First, I believe the existence of a difference between knowledge and intelligence should be acknowledged. I could insert a definition of both terms from Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary here, that would be exercising my knowledge, simply repeating facts I have gathered. However, I will go more in depth, by proving relationships between different facets of education exist in order to apply what I’ve learned, what I know, and demonstrate my intelligence. As

My dad has taught me different lessons that show how to be a great person. Being a great person is not something that can happen easily. One of the first steps is accepting that a person should not do great things for the rewards that they will later receive but instead do great things just because. By doing great things with the intention of receiving a reward that person is being selfish. Being unselfish is another lesson that my dad would often teach me, because a great person should never be selfish.

Surface-level thinking began to leave me unsatisfied, while deep thoughts began to sprout from my mind late at night and even throughout that next day, continuing until I was content with a conclusion. With every new inquiry I had, I delved deeper into the understanding of how powerful a hungry mind can be. My grasp of questioning grew until I understood that without curiosity, we would never reach any significant advancements in any part of life. It is through discovering and then weighing different answers to these questions that we as individuals increase both our intelligence and perspective. I have taught myself to view the world from several different angles, exposing possibilities that would be impossible to notice in a linear path of thinking. The decision of constantly asking why and how was the obvious choice for me if I wanted to truly grow as a person. Therefore I could not afford to fail in my curiosity, unless I was willing to fail in my

That’s the painful truth of being “smart” I spent 17 years of my life working through the headaches worth of books and all-nighters worth of essays. The only thing my “smartness” got me was a few rejection letters from every dream school I pictured, and a financial aid letter that was many dollars short. That doesn’t include the constant tension between me and just about anybody that I tried to help. That’s all I tried to do, help, and it ended in constant

Many times a student will “memorize” what they need to know on the test. They will not truly memorize the material because they will soon forget it after the test. Since test taking is generally the only way that people are evaluated upon, this leads to society having more smart kids than intelligent ones. Kids will often get into college because they are smart, but many times they can’t solve a complex problem because they lack that intellect to do so. There are many intelligent people who never go to college because they have an idea that they need to get out to the world. This is possibly why many inventors and successful college dropouts are innovative individuals that start a business to help them gain wealth. There are far more smart people than there are intelligent ones.