Do you study because your smart or are you smart because you study?
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I agree with both.  I think I'm smart because I study, and because I study, I get smarter!  Lol...great question!  It pretty much leads to one simple point: STUDY!
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no, only a few people are smart. Most of us did not discover anything new, though of anything new. We just learn whatever ppl thought up and most of us couldn't even follow the ideas becoz we are not able to think logically.
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If you actually went a school, then you might be brainy enough.  HAHAHA Louise
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No, being smart or stupid has nothing to do with your birthplace, age or hair color. Each person is different.
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I don't care to tell you my intelligence quotient because I don't  want to brag to you. I will however tell you I am more than 1 in a million and in the profoundly gifted range. You can say why do I answer questions online if I am so brilliant, and my answer to you is that I am studying social patterns of individuals below and at the genius level. Regardless, my interests at my age of 13 are quantum physics, law, medicine, and architecture. I have already self learned almost all parts of mathematics. I am currently learning Calculus.
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Intelligence is not how much you know, but how well you learn, and how well you can apply what you do know to new situations.  It is about understanding yourself and the world around you.  Intelligence is the ability to look at those around you and be at peace with them because differences are part of life.  \n\nThere are many ways of being intelligent.  It is not just about "book smarts".  People can be intelligent artistically, musically, mathematically, linguistically, with "hands on" tasks, etc.  Real intelligence involves a good smattering of common sense, an understanding of nature and the environment, the ability to show compassion, and an appreciation of different cultures and values.\n\nJust a few of my thoughts on the issue .... hope it helps.
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Given these examples, the second one is more correct. You could also say "It may be because we don't know *what the advantage of becoming a lifelong learner is."
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I love teaching smart students and wish I had more of them.  Teaching those types of students is more of a discovery session than a typical lecture/response type of situation.\n\nI tell my students early on in each semester that no one person is smarter than anyone else... it's just that some people are smarter in other areas than others.  I use as an example that I know more about mathematics than any of them (they're all high school kids), but that each of them are better than me at something else.  It makes for a lighter, more friendly teaching atmosphere, without all the intimidation of dealing with a so-called know-it-all.
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NO!\nYour not the only one. Calm down you are probably stressing by the time you get too the test. Just keep trying and you will get them.\nThe smartest girl in my class in high school failed over and over again....lol\nJust keep trying it doesn't mean you are dumb\n☺
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I agree with you 100%. People who are "school" smart tend to base life and people by what they read in books. They're the one's who keep to themselves and never talk to anybody.\n\nPeople who use common smarts are those who have experienced life (good or bad) and base their conclusions on what they have gone through (relationships with friends, co-workers, family, lovers, etc...)
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I think it is meant to be a paradox.. you are putting two descriptions together that are contradictory...by saying "smart" and then saying "a-s-s," you are saying they are not smart at all..
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I'm smart, get out of here, really you think I'm smart. Oh My Gosh, no one has ever told me that before. (blushes) unbelieveable. I'm going to go tell everyone that I know you think I'm smart.. (runs and shouts to everyone) I'm Smart!
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I have found curiosity to provoke the intellect. When you are curious about something, you research and learn more about it. Wisdom comes through understanding. Wisdon may or may not be tied to intellect as although you may seek wisdom through studies, you do not always find it.\n\nSeek and you shall find.\n\n+Michael
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am i smart? i think so. am i doing your homework? no way
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Someone with lots of intelligence is the ability to learn quickly and see abstract concept patterns.\n\nSomeone with lots of wisdom knows what the heck to do with it.\n\nIn education, we measure intelligence by volume of information a person has already learned (e.g. vocabulary), memory skills (short and long term), pattern perception (verbal, visual, numerical, etc.), and problem solving (not just knowing a way to solve something, but figuring out ways to do it from scratch).\n\nIn real life, wisdom is much more important. A slower learner who is really good at using what he/she does know, effectively and positively to benefit him/herself and the community, is much more highly valued than someone who has learned lots of information and can problem-solve quickly, but doesn't make the world a better place with it.\n\nThe thing is, schools are to teach us the stuff we need so that as we build experience, we can do more with our lives.\n\nParents (acting as models for how to do it) and life experience are what give us wisdom.
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I think it can be both correct, depending on the context. \n\nNumber One seems to focus on the fact that you study history, not economics, not literature. \n\nNumber Two seems to focus on your activity right now, as in I started out as an English major but RIGHT NOW I am majoring in history.\n\nHmmm, convinced?
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Gender has nothing to do with intelligence. If you were as smart as you think you are, you would know that.