<p>Your problem is you're arrogant and think too highly of yourself. People were just acting in ways that are more common, not judging you. Get over yourself.</p>
<p>I am not arrogant. I have healthy self-esteem.</p>
<p>Clearly not, since your self esteem is so dependent on everyone knowing you're smart.</p>
<p>I don't want people to think I am a genius (why fool them into thinking I am something I am not?), I just don't want them to think I am dumb.</p>
<p>There are about 3 identical threads on this exact topic posted by the exact same OP.
Who I strongly suspect is a troll, and I honestly think is the same person at InnovativeBoxx.</p>
<p>Ah, only on CC.......;)</p>
<p>as long as you're not too brilliant or too dumb, you're fine. Exceptionally smart people have a lot to lose because people have high (and i mean high) standards for them. Can you imagine the pressure and the expectations you'd have to live up to if you were a true genius? Just be happy that you're normal.</p>
<p>You're probably highly intelligent, but you can't pick up on social cues and probably come off as socially retarded. Now, let's apply some **common sense<a href="something%20which%20many%20intelligent%20people%20don't%20have">/b</a> to your experiences:</p>
<p>Situation 1 - the professor is a busy intelligent man who has taught hundreds/thousands of students and doesn't remember every damn one. He assumes that you're like 90% of the college population and worried about getting good grades, not that you're TOO smart for the class. That applies to a tiny minority which he logically assumed you're not a part of.</p>
<p>Situation 2 - The staff member logically assumed that the reason you couldn't sign up is the reason the majority of students having this problem can't - because you're GPA isn't high enough. She didn't assume that you were highly intelligent, as you generally don't know a person's IQ by looking at them. Once again, you fall into the minority not majority.</p>
<p>Situation 3 - Usually, people who study do better than those who don't. There is a small minority which doesn't study but does well anyway, which you fall into. Logically, your roomie assumed you fall into the majority and not the minority. He's an ass for mocking you, but it wasn't an illogical assumption.</p>
<p>You take meaningless interactions too seriously. When I walked into class for a midterm recently, I sat in the back as there was only 1 Lefty desk. I was early and the Prof asked me to please sit in the front - I informed him I needed the Lefty desk and he said ok. Well, I didn't get offended at this - he assumed I fell into the majority, not minority. This is common sense.</p>
<p>"Situation 1 - the professor is a busy intelligent man who has taught hundreds/thousands of students and doesn't remember every damn one. He assumes that you're like 90% of the college population and worried about getting good grades, not that you're TOO smart for the class. That applies to a tiny minority which he logically assumed you're not a part of.</p>
<p>Situation 2 - The staff member logically assumed that the reason you couldn't sign up is the reason the majority of students having this problem can't - because you're GPA isn't high enough. She didn't assume that you were highly intelligent, as you generally don't know a person's IQ by looking at them. Once again, you fall into the minority not majority.</p>
<p>Situation 3 - Usually, people who study do better than those who don't. There is a small minority which doesn't study but does well anyway, which you fall into. Logically, your roomie assumed you fall into the majority and not the minority. He's an ass for mocking you, but it wasn't an illogical assumption."</p>
<p>If your analysis is correct, what mental illness do I have?</p>
<p>He is clearly a troll. Troll-syndrome?</p>
<p>^ No I don't think you have a mental illness - I don't know you at all but i'm guessing that you're highly intelligent (math major, good grades without studying) but lack common sense and don't pick up on social cues. it's not an illness, it's called just being socially awkward and overreacting :)</p>
<p>Book smarts dont mean much in today's world, and they never really have.</p>
<p>we need a combination of book smarts and street smarts.</p>
<p>^What he/she said.</p>
<p>it's not about having street smarts, it's about being a good @@@ kisser</p>
<p>yeah, kissing butt helps but only if you know how to do it. There are a lot of brown nosers out there but they don't necessarily make it far.</p>
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<p>i disagree. a degree is a pre requisite to most of the worth while jobs. if you don't have the degree then the doors are shut to you. simple as that.</p>
<p>yeah, a BA is necessary even though it's a glorifed high school diploma.</p>
<p>^ A BA is still harder to get than a high school diploma, and more rare, just like a master's is more rare and difficult to get than a BA, and just like an MD/JD/Ph.D are harder to get/more rare than a Masters. so what's your point?</p>
<p>my point is, a bachelor's means nothing these days because a lot of jobs require at least a master's nowadays.</p>
<p>Well, a BA is a lot more common nowadays, but that doesn't mean it's not an accomplishment. I think only like 1 out of 4 Americans even gets a Bachelor degree, but for our generation it's probably way more, so in the future a BA will be even less of an accomplishment. So book smarts are still kind of important, since you need the degree to get in the door. But once you're in, street smarts are important too, since interpersonal skills, common sense, etc, are valuable too.</p>