I'm a lot smarter than I come off... what do I do?
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KC...Do not be get too worry about that...why not try to take a step back and give more thought into your work and be more prudent.  Anyone who is rushing to get things done will find that their quality of work get affected, resulting one to blame on him/herself.\n\nTake my advice to have a 5 mins time-out at the end of the day to conduct a mini self-reflection on yourself.  What things have you done today that is satisfying to you? what could you have done better today?\n\nYour two children are innocent...So do not bring your worries back home!  \n\nA penny for you thought!
418790
Your IQ has nothing to do with it. Your username is ILOVETOGETSHITFACE, which tells me you're probably not the smartest creature on the planet. If you want people to think you are smart, I suggest you change it, sweetie!
38961
Keep being yourself. ^-^\n..I know that sounds stupid.
64973
im fine with not being that smart. that question just gave me a headache. im not dumb but im not that smart either
1122150
must not be to intelligent i have been doing thi ask thing for weeks now and only got ONE time where i anwsered the best question. so befor this i thought i gave advice and i thought i was smart....\nso tell me, make me feel smart agin, make me the one, please give me a wopen 10 points!!!! please, now i have belittled my self and starting begging, so i consider my self.... SAD< NOT SMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
736821
be confident in who you are.dnt let the b@stards get you down.always try to be better than the next person.if you cant be better then be the same as them.
456778
OH please, don't get me started *LOL*\n\nI have had the same dilemma in my last two jobs. Working under someone with less qualifications, certifications, knowledge, intellect can really suck. \n\nYou can sit back and take it or you can fight back, intelligently, or you can up and leave. But no matter what you do be careful, I finally got out of my situation and went to worse, tenfold. You will always be in this situation to some extent. Most managers/supervisors are book smart but reality ignorant. And we all know that it is never how much you know it's who ya blow.
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You will need to go to a dyslexia center or something and do some test. It's the only way to know and you better do it now because you might need special help to get an education. Do not worry. It doesn't mean you are stupid. In a way you are smarter, but you brain cannot cope well with all the information you get. It's like a disease of our times with this information overload
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Just be happy that you are who you are...intelligence doesn't mean smart, I mean you can have a rocket scientist that has an IQ of 4,000 but if he doesn't look bothways before walking across a highway then what's the point of intelligence.
1025630
Being smart will make you very sucessfull.....besides once your smart that can help you become strong/healthy.I'D RATHER BE SMART.
253795
Relax and be yourself :-)\nJust go to the interview, and be yourself. If they ask detailed technicall questions that you don't know, just convince them that you'r smart, and that being smart is more important than memorize everything ;-)
1166683
Don't bluff or lie or pretend.  Ask their advice, make it clear you understand they are more knowledgeable than you.  Be their student, try to learn everything they know.  Say things like "wow, i didn't know that" or "thanks, now i can do it by myself" or \n"Gosh, you really know this well" and stuff when they help you.\nTry to keep quiet and listen to them and learn.
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Are you "considered" smarter: yes.  \n\nAre you really smarter:  depends.  What do you define as being smarter.  If "smart" is given to mean some higher capacity for mental achievement, then perhaps college has nothing to do with that.  Then again maybe it does, since college will challenge you to learn, this may exercise the brain and lead to the development of new and stronger neural pathways.  On the other hand, the brain cell damage caused by imbibing certain potent potables (which is a  prerequisite for some 4-year degrees) may result in no net gain in "smarts".  \n\nIf you define smarter as relating to how much knowledge a person has acquired (and I do not), then once again, maybe.  College definitely provides you with the opportunity to acquire a lot of knowledge.  But so too, does a public library which is free!  However, unless you are enormously self-disciplined, college will puch you harder to acquire that knowledge.  \n\nUltimately, I do not agree with that latter definition.  It presumes:  "I know many things, therefore I am smarter."  That reasoning is grossly inappropriate for most applications.  What is much more important is learning to learn.  "Smart" in my books is better described by the capacity to digest/interpret data, and therefore capacity to learn.  \n\nYou be the judge as to whether college will aid you in that endeavor.  But as stated in the outset, at a minimum you will be considered smarter, because the colloquial definition of "smarter" implies "wiser".  From the realist point of view, how "wise" can a person be if they ignore all empirical evidence suggesting that they should go to college?
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I actually have a big problem when it comes to school myself. Im actually very intelligent, (sorry for flaunting it hehe)  but I have a problem with work ethic. As a result, my grades are suffering and Im underachieving tremendously. I gathered from this rather qucikly that school is what you make it...and getting good grades seriously enhances the overall experience.\n\nSo I would say grow a pair and study/do homework..believe me, life is alot easier when you get good grades
187749
Yes.  Some intelligence helps keep me from making huge mistakes.
1018532
GeNiToR  has a really great answer.  As does truthteller and Cheshire Cat and yonna1.  I say this because, with all the time I spent in school, through various college degrees and trade certificates that all required to some degree a different style of cognitive functioning, I struggled with how some people seemed to "catch on" quicker than others, and all seemingly faster than me.  After all my studying the various subjects in school, and the students who seemed to do better and worse than me, I'd say GeNiToR has the best answer.  People who REALLY wanted to do better, tried much harder.  They might have made it look easier sometimes, but it's because they had already been trying harder long before I met them, and they had their necessary methodologies down pat, and they seemed to sail through studying in seeming more intense ways with such greater ease, that I had to just ask them, "HOW do you do that?"  And the one common element was that they had been studying like that for a long time in their lives because they learned years ago that they had to try harder than others and develop a study method foolproof for them.  And they stuck to that program for as long as they needed, and adapted it as necessary to new projects.  But all in all, it came down to THEY WANTED TO LEARN MORE than others.  They tried harder, and by the time I met them, they had it down pat.  I sure wish to God I had done as they had done long before I met them and learned how to study, way into my college  years.  They had dedication, and they never let up.  They set priorities that put learning way up there.  And when you have developed a way to learn better, you also have developed a way to think faster, or come to the goals or facts better.  It's not magic.  Or genetics in many cases. It's just dedication, and as truthteller says, you have to have the willingness to learn, and maybe being a 16 year old and having a game boy might help too.  I'm sure my son "learned" a helluva lot faster when he was on one of his game machines than when sitting behind the desk with a book and paper in front of him.  He hasn't near the formal education that I do, and is a bit behind the curve on achieving that, but he's still got the resources and time to do so when he returns from his second tour in Iraq, if he wants to, or has the willingness to.  And I pray he comes home safely so he can do so.  I'm a very proud dad who loves his only son so very much.  God Bless  you.
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You need to find new friends.  Don't "dumb" yourself down to impress anyone.  When you get older and into the "real world"  people will appreciate your intelligence.  Just remember to use it kindly.  No one likes a smarty pants.  ;)