<p>Most definitely. Assuming you’re American, a huge problem with the public school system is the implications that your worth as a human being and general intelligence is based solely on your GPA. Or, in my town, your GPA and/or your athleticism. </p>
<p>While everyone should strive to do their best in school, having to work a little harder in math than person B or scoring lower on a test than person C doesn’t denote my inferiority. Measuring intelligence solely on grades and certain standardized tests is impossible.</p>
<p>So, um, yes. I do feel stupid. Quite a lot, especially since every single one of my friends seems to do better in school than I do. :/</p>
<p>Yes, I’m asian so everyone expects me to be smart. But I’m not. They don’t know my struggle and how inferior I feel around them. I do my best not to let my academic past show, but it really gets to me.</p>
<p>“While everyone should strive to do their best in school, having to work a little harder in math than person B or scoring lower on a test than person C doesn’t denote my inferiority. Measuring intelligence solely on grades and certain standardized tests is impossible.”</p>
<p>If we had a reliable way to measure it, <em>actually being unintelligent</em> wouldn’t denote anyone’s inferiority either.</p>
<p>Yes. There’s no such thing as exploring options, likes and dislikes, no such thing as taking classes for fun. If you get a C in a college course you’re screwed. It sucks trying to be the best at everything – and you’re not.</p>
<p>Yeah, of course halcyonheather! I didn’t mean it to come off that way. We are all valuable as human beings, and our IQ’s have nothing to do with our worth.</p>
<p>I guess what I was trying to say was that it certainly seems that way in schools today. Everyone has a different set of skills. Just because someone’s different does -not- make them inferior.</p>
<p>When I do well on a test, people say, “You’re really smart!” which implies that by doing well on the test I demonstrated my intelligence.
When I do badly on a test, people say, “It doesn’t mean you’re not smart!”, which is really hypocritical, and I feel like they’re just lying so I won’t feel bad. If doing well on a test is good, then doing badly on a test <em>must be</em> bad. If doing badly on a test doesn’t mean anything, then neither does doing well.</p>
<p>Absolutely. I think all the time that I’m just fooling myself and I’m working so hard just to end up being rejected by every college. After all, that’s why I’m working so hard, right? To get into a good college?</p>
<p>I feel inferior in AP Lit, because even though I have consistently gotten better grades than most of my classmates in english, they get much higher grades than me- and some don’t even do the reading! When we have an easy essay, I do poorly, and I usually do incredibly well when everyone else does poorly; on the AP exam, I usually get a 4 or 5 while the people who got better grades get lower scores.
I think that some curricula are tailored towards certain types of thinkers and that sometimes standardized testing does in fact measure one’s ability better than a teacher can- especially when you have a pretentious or poor teacher.</p>
<p>My AP US History teacher has implied several times based on her interactions with me that she thinks I’m relatively unintelligent.<br>
This is difficult to deal with, especially when I have such a low regard for my intelligence in the first place.</p>
<p>I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m struggling with this class ridiculously. Studying takes hours. I have trouble finishing essays.
During our final DBQ, I had a mental breakdown and starting crying, not for lack of knowing what to write. I had studied for two weeks previously. I just couldn’t structure my paragraphs in a way that satisfied me. I ended up only writing two paragraphs. </p>
<p>Afterwards, she took me out of class and asked me why I’m always upset in her class.
I was blubbering and emotional.
This is embarrassing for me to admit, but eventually after we conversed for a while I blurted out like a child, “You think I haven’t noticed you dislike me?”
Naturally, she asked why. I responded with, “You don’t think I’m very smart.”
Then she responded in an almost pitying tone, “Well, that doesn’t mean I don’t like you.”</p>
<p>I feel like I’m getting dumber.
I used to be that one kid that got everything as soon as the teacher said it… and now… I feel like I’m average.
I know that sounds terrible, but I don’t <em>want</em> to be average, I want to be special.
Lol, I sound like a two year old.
Oh well.</p>
<p>I know what you guys mean. I feel that way too. It just feels like everyone is racing ahead and being successful and I’m just…there. My school is SUUPPERR competitive and everyone’s always talking about how they have a 4.0 and I’m just the awkward person standing there who doesn’t have one… =/</p>
<p>I think the best thing we can all do is just compete with ourselves and strive to make OURSELVES better everyday instead of comparing ourselves to others. :)</p>
<p>I do often feel stupid. I don’t feel stupid compared to the majority of people at my school (I go to a public high school in an urban area), but in areas such as history, geography, and English I’m pretty dumb. Also, compared to my brother, I’m nowhere near as smart…he got all 5’s on his AP’s (except for 1 exam), did way better on his SATs, and had a higher GPA. I feel like I could’ve worked a lot harder like my brother did, because I know I’m somewhat smart to begin with.</p>
Everyone has a different set of skills. Just because someone’s different does -not- make them inferior.</p>