<p>so in school the other day our teacher always talks about the smart-dumb kids and the dumb (average)-smart kids. it really ticks me off because it seems like he is saying that the people who get good grades are the ones that cannot think out of the box. what is your take on this?
this sort of ticked me off cuz im a smart kid and i study a lot to keep As</p>
<p>Well, it’s just that many straight-A kids typically do spend a lot of time studying and therefore are perceived as less street smart. Many of them are overprotected too by parents. </p>
<p>You can be both. I am both. But I also grew up somewhere that you needed to be street smart. I have a few friends who are book smart and street smart, but most of them tend to be one or the other. The ones I REALLY worry about are those who are neither.</p>
<p>No joke, I’m both.</p>
<p>Group A: Put some typical straight A kid study-bug in my old neighborhood and he’d get his knee caps blown off. </p>
<p>Group B: Put someone who has more experiences outside of educational environments and in my old neighborhood and he’d have a much better chance of not getting torn up by the vatos locos. </p>
<p>Paki, I’d put you in group A.</p>
<p>im both but i tend to be a little more of book smart. IDK tell ure teacher or whoever to go to H E (double hockey sticks) and to stop enforcing his opinions on others.</p>
<p>Yeah, same here. I don’t think that I’m that smart, but having a close to photographic memory certainly helps in school.</p>
<p>I know some kids who are both, and I know kids who are neither…
It’s not necessarily true that someone that gets great grades isn’t “street smart”. I have an A/A+ average with like 15 minutes of studying before tests, and good social skills (like friends-wise). But other than that I’m an idiot.</p>
<p>And anyone who says “H E (double hockey sticks)” definitely belongs in Group A.</p>
<p>And my groups don’t only pertain to lower class “streets,” it can be any situation such as an average social gathering.</p>
<p>Take your own advice.</p>
<p>Read the post above yours which was by me, and included this statement:</p>
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<p>Now a different subject:</p>
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<p>Lol…</p>
<p>lol my fault
just saying though
try to be a little less rude</p>
<p>oh man, I cant believe someone on CC got the name “Vaizard”…Bleach sucks, noob.</p>
<p>in my neighborhood, either your street smart or you died a loooong time ago.</p>
<p>or you are both street and book smart and using your book smarts you got a degree and went up higher on the social class to move from that neighborhood</p>
<p>Lol you HAVE to be street smart where I live. And you HAVE to be book smart to attend my high school. I take a 2 hour bus ride everyday to school…</p>
<p>So I HAVE to be both.</p>
<p>^ lol me to! except its more like an hour and a half.</p>
<p>bleh, I hate when people assume that if you study a lot to get an A, you’re stupid and if you don’t study to get an A, you’re brilliant. I mean, yes, B is probably smart, but I don’t see how you are any stupider for caring about your grades/future.</p>
<p>im just school smart and i seem to be doing ok</p>
<p>I’m definitely more booksmart than streetsmart, but I’m learning. No one believes me when I say that because I’m a 15-year-old girl in New York City, but my parents are definitely the overprotective type and I’m very gradually learning how to really deal in unexpected situations, whatever they may be.</p>
<p>teenage_cliche, I do know people that live in Manhattan that are still very sheltered, so I believe you. But I also believe that you can become street smart. I retain a significant amount of naivete, I admit, but I am steadily growing to be more aware, composed and logical when I am out and about. :)</p>
<p>Haha, I am not street smart at all. I’m a total bookworm in comparison. I live in the suburbs and my parents are pretty protective. There aren’t any ghettos where I live, so I laugh at the people who try to act gangster here.</p>