Do people who barely know you take you for an idiot?

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<p>I breezed through college and every time someone asked me if I was doing well in school or struggling academically I felt insulted. Years later I mentioned this in therapy and was not taken at face value. They gave me an attitude along the lines of "you are paranoid because you think they were trying to hurt you."</p>

<p>But I nearly know for a fact that their question would have never been asked if they had perceived me as an intelligent, academically capable individual. But because they perceived as being not-so-intelligent and not-so-academically-capable, they considered the possibility that perhaps I wasn't doing well in school, and that's why they asked the question.</p>

<p>How can I feel complimented because of a concern that's based on something that's not only not true but that also implicitly cheapens my intelligence?</p>

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<p>Sometimes people just ask if you’re doing well just to make a conversation. It doesn’t mean they think you’re stupid. It probably depends on the tone in which they asked the question.</p>

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<p>People frequently mistake me as being “mentally challenged”.</p>

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<p>I can see why someone would say that. You seem stupid to me.</p>

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<p>If you ask someone how school is going… you’re probably just making conversation unless you’re their parents. You’re also not expecting them to say that it is not going well, because who’s going to actually admit that school isn’t going well?</p>

<p>So yeah. It’s just small talk.</p>

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<p>"I can see why someone would say that. You seem stupid to me. "</p>

<p>It also depends on the way they ask the question, doesn’t it?</p>

<p>Sometimes the question is asked to make small-talk. Sometimes it’s asked in a condescending manner.</p>

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<p>All the time. I party all seven days of the week, listen to stereotypical rap music, curse, the whole nine yards. I get it from girls a lot when they find out I’m on a full ride and then some with a 33 ACT.</p>

<p>“well people who curse and all that you know, aren’t usually smart…”</p>

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<p>“well people who curse and all that you know, aren’t usually smart…” </p>

<p>People have stereotypical ideas of what “smart” people look like and act like. If you don’t fit those stereotypes but it turns out that your academic accomplishments suggest that you are smart then some people just can’t believe it. I think it’s safe to dismiss those people as idiots. Really, can a person who is that close-minded have a lot of intelligence inside their brains?</p>

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<p>People usually classify me as an idiot or a dumb blonde (which is baffling, considering I’m a brunette, not blonde, but whatever). </p>

<p>People can’t seem to look beyond appearances and tend to take things at face value. It gets beyond irritating.</p>

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<p>Depends on the class</p>

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<p>Oh I love it. I mean, if me and a girl are fooling around when she thinks I’m just an ignorant partier, her attraction to me goes through the roof when she finds out I’m probably the smartest person she knows.</p>

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<p>Yo you sound just like me except I’m usually fooling around with a couple girls. And by fooling around I mean bangin’ the both of them like ****ing church bells. Sheeeeeit.</p>

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<p>Sheeeeeeet</p>

<p>I don’t look smart. Out of class I don’t always act smart. But I am smart.</p>

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<p>In non-western societies not many people know who Stephen Hawkins or Gilbert Strang is. On the street people will probably think they are ■■■■■■■■, but really they supergeniuses. That’s how this world works</p>

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<p>“Do people who barely know you take you for an idiot?”</p>

<p>Only when I attempt to play sports.</p>

<p>“In non-western societies not many people know who Stephen Hawkins or Gilbert Strang is.” </p>

<p>*Stephen Hawking, presumably?</p>

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<p>^^I can’t lie, I’d never heard of Stephen Hawkins until you mentioned him. I don’t really see why you think he’s a genius though.</p>

<p>Edit: ^Screw you.</p>

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<p>After my first year:</p>

<p>“You’re not going back to college this fall right? I can get you a job at the local grocery store.”</p>

<p>:'(</p>