being a genius would be sad

CocaColaAddict
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:33:20 +0000

MetdethGNR:

“Imagine a 12 year old in high school. He wouldn’t fit in. Yes, he is very smart and whatnot, but he is not happy. He is missing out big time.”

This could not be further from the truth. I myself was 12 years old and in high school, yet I made countless friends, participated in school activities, and at the same time took the most rigorous classes available and excelled at them.

Sorry if I came off as an arrogant prick, but, in all honesty, what you as well as others are saying is merely a stereotype, and not necessarily true at all. Whether a “genius” is outgoing or reclusive depends on factors other than his/her own intelligence (I don’t want to state my opinion on whether these factors are genetic and/or environmental, because somebody is bound to use that opinion to start up the inherited/acquired personality argument.)