Do people often misunderestimate your level of intelligence?

leah377
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:50:43 +0000

^^I agree with peter_parker. People tend to think of “smart” people as the ones who sit silently in the corner during class, taking notes furiously and then heading to the library to study for hours. Yeah, they might get an A on the test (assuming it’s a science test or something quantitative), but that just makes them workhorses. People who are a lot more laid-back about things are usually judged to be less intelligent than the former people, often by those students themselves.

I think there’s a huge different between being academic and being SMART. Poring over your textbooks for hours is, to me, not as valuable as being worldly and knowledgeable about things you’re interested in rather than things you’re tested on (although the smartest people, in my opinion, can do both).