<p>i just have to say…</p>
<p>“You have Asperger’s.”</p>
<p>lol, WHAT? u must be some kind of a genius to diagnose a stranger with a couple of strange experiences with a form of autism. seriously, wth? <em>cough</em></p>
<p>If you didn’t have such a high opinion of yourself, perhaps you would find that people’s treatment of you matched with your own perception better. You are condescendingly assuming that people are insulting you when in fact you are acting extremely self-important by assuming that these people’s actions are based on their perception of you personally. Indeed, they are probably all working under the assumption that you are normal. Asking about the difficulty of a class out of concern for the workload or that it will have a negative impact on GPA, asking a question about the system because you didn’t know the requirement, and not studying and then not doing as well in college are all common scenarios. Of course people are going to act based on the assumption of these norms, stop taking it so personally.</p>
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<p>From what I’ve read most of what people have said are based on statistical evidence. It’s possible that they’re answering you like how they’d answer other people but that’s very normal. </p>
<p>For example, there’s nothing strange about a person telling someone that they need to study to get good grades.</p>
<p>I actually can’t wait to get out of where I am so that I’m NOT the smartest person around. I’m not really that smart, there’s just no one here that’s smarter than me. Seriously. I want to live somewhere where people are actually bright and gifted, not just “better than the rest of the pack”.</p>
<p>Welll I know I’m intelligent. Though my 3rd marking period grades may try to imply my intelligence is average. I don’t know what the problem is, but it may be my school overall. My mom is coming to a understanding of that, and for that reason I may have to attend a different high school. This is my future at state, who would want to be somewhere where a teacher ( or teachers) are messing around with their grade for what ever reason.</p>
<p>" I want to live somewhere where people are actually bright and gifted, not just “better than the rest of the pack”. "</p>
<p>Don’t we all?</p>
<p>I don’t get the book smarts/ street smarts dichotomy. Sure, you can picture one as being a nerd with no concept of the real world, and the other knowing how to get around but not very well-read or informed.</p>
<p>But it’s really the people who are “academically” successful that are usually the best at knowing how stuff operates in reality and getting around as well. Who knows how to find the best flight, rent a car, understand lease agreements, their legal rights, how to handle cops, etc – usually the guy who is just, simply, intelligent. That is the dichotomy, intelligence and dumb-assery. And just hope you are the former, although odds are strong that you aren’t.</p>
<p>Sure, there are shining examples of people who can rattle of dates and facts about obscure trivia, but barely know how to dress themselves/ tie their shoes. Don’t let their “trivia” recitations fool you - they belong to the dumb category.</p>
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<p>i don’t know about that dude. i know plenty of my engineering peers do not have a clue at all on how to act. they don’t comb their hair do not brush their teeth and do not understand social cues. they are socially retarted, but they do possess something of value…</p>
<p>they understand stuff that many people do not. they understand stuff that many try to understand but cannot comprehend… like some really complicated workings of math and how it applies to engineering. they know how to absorb practical information and know how to apply it… and as a result make $$$. </p>
<p>“dumb” they are not. </p>
<p>oh yes, the dichotomy is alive and real.</p>
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<p>My former in undergrad roommate was a 4.0 computer science and math double major who also excelled in research. He mixed up dish washing detergent and soap. Twice. Both times in the dish washer.</p>
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<p>Ive met a guy who graduates with a 4 year degree in 2 years with a 4.0. he took 30+ credits a semester.</p>
<p>He didn’t know how to do laundry, didn’t know how to get a checking account, didn’t know how to mail a letter, didn’t know how to book a airline flight, didn’t know how to call a cab, didn’t know how to fill out a fafsa, didn’t know how to buy a book online, didn’t know his laptop turned off, didn’t know it could be turned on once off and instead bought another one.</p>
<p>This was my room-mate Jeff from sophomore year. 4.0 GPA yes, common sense zero.</p>
<p>"He didn’t know how to do laundry, "</p>
<p>If he has never done his laundry, that’s forgivable. It’s not that hard to figure out how to do your laundry after a few tries you know.</p>
<p>“didn’t know how to get a checking account,”</p>
<p>Neither do I. I suppose it can be looked up online or you can just call the bank and ask. It doesn’t sound like rocket science, though.</p>
<p>" didn’t know how to mail a letter,"</p>
<p>Maybe he had never mailed a letter before.</p>
<p>“didn’t know how to book a airline flight,”</p>
<p>Maybe he had never booked an airline flight before.</p>
<p>" didn’t know how to call a cab,"</p>
<p>Maybe he didn’t know the phone number he needed to call.</p>
<p>“didn’t know how to fill out a fafsa,”</p>
<p>That’s usually a pain in the rear. I can’t blame him for not knowing how to fill it out.</p>
<p>" didn’t know how to buy a book online,"</p>
<p>Maybe he had never bought anything online.</p>
<p>" didn’t know his laptop turned off, didn’t know it could be turned on once off and instead bought another one."</p>
<p>I dont believe that one.</p>
<p>^Wow. </p>
<p>That guy is an idiot. No excuses.</p>
<p>This Jeff you’re describing isn’t common though, he’s hardly the norm. I bet a lot of genius-types lack common sense, but most people who are above-average in intelligence also have street smarts, from what i’ve observed.</p>
<p>Street-smarts often have to do with how you’re raised, some spoiled kids can’t figure out how to read a train/bus schedule or book a flight or any of that cause Mommy would take care of it. Those types of things can be easily learned, but but academic intelligence is harder to come by. Compare the number of people who can book a flight to number of Engineers.</p>
<p>"^Wow. </p>
<p>That guy is an idiot. No excuses. "</p>
<p>I don’t know how to buy a house. In my opinion, my not knowing how to buy a house is not related to my being stupid but to the fact that I have never bought a house, and since buying a house was never in my agenda and since noone ever taught me how to buy a house, then, naturally, I don’t know how to buy a house.</p>
<p>I also don’t know how to start a business. I imagine it requires, among other things, filling out tons of paperwork, several visits to the City Hall, and obtaining a few licenses. That’s just a supposition, as I don’t know how to start a business and never cared to learn how to start one, since starting a business has never been in my plans.</p>
<p>Those things can be looked up online. I don’t think it’s such a big deal.</p>
<p>You people can’t honestly think that people with a lot of book smarts will have, as a result, “street smarts” or “common sense”, whatever you want to call it. I take it you have a very bookish or studious group of friends (or go to that kind of school); not that that is a bad thing by any means. But your perspective is seriously skewed and, to a considerable extent, it shows in what you’ve posted.</p>
<p>"You people can’t honestly think that people with a lot of book smarts will have, as a result, “street smarts” or “common sense”, "</p>
<p>I honestly think that “book smarts” and “street smarts/common sense” are not mutually exclusive. I also think that most people who brag about their “street smarts/common sense” simply want to downplay and rationalize the fact that they are academically dumb.</p>
<p>Is common sense/street smarts even related to intelligence? It seems hardly likely that an “intelligent” person cannot do laundry or open a bank account. Intelligence involves the aptitude to solve problems. If you can solve an intricate math problem on a standardize test there is absolutely no excuse as to why you can’t figure out how a washing machine works.</p>
<p>Effort effects how productive we are. If someone honestly wants to buy a house, they’ll realize how. I’m probably one of the dumbest people I know and I own two cars and a condo (not fully paid off).</p>
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Oh no, I agree with that. They’re definitely not mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>But I definitely don’t think that just because someone is book smart, they also have a decent amount of “street smarts”.</p>
<p>To poster: you have some sort of multi-character disorder huh?</p>
<p>LMAO. When I began reading the first post, I never though I’d see the response “You have aspergers.”</p>
<p>That’s Lol worthy.</p>