<p>Heh, I'm surprised this thread was revived...</p>
<p>I think it's like this: if you study something long enough and hard enough, you're bound to "get it". I think intellect might dictate who gets it how soon, but studying is for dumb people and smart people. There are some people who don't have to try very hard and do alright and some have to bust their butts to get it, but I think that's a very random way to look at things. </p>
<p>Some people have better quantitative skills and than qualitative skills, so it just depends on their area. Complete dummies don't finish college, and lazy people don't finish college.</p>
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<p>It's true that some people take less pain and less time to get a A than others.
But I want to remind you that,a college,or a professor in one course set his standard for "A".If you can do better than his standard,you'll get a A.</p>
<p>However,what if your academic achievement exceeds the standard a lot?Will you get a A++++++++?Usually not.Sometimes one person spends more time while another spends less time and they both get a A,but we can't say they do equally well.</p>
<p>by the way,if you are really interested in something..saying,math,you'll study more and you'll find more problems.No one will get the feeling that it's easy to be good at math,maybe just easy to get a A.</p>
<p>It's all about how hard you work. I go to a school where everyone is smart and yet some people fail classes because they don't do anything. I've also seen some kids with below average smarts (at my school) get really good grades. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I am average intelligence for my school and I don't work enough, but I somehow wind up with an average GPA.</p>
<p>I believe intelligence does exist, but it is hard to determine. Some geniuses (not a loose use of the term, actual geniuses) feel stupid because their school systems limit them and it skews both their social and academic life. Time actually did a report on this.</p>
<p>Other above average people may not reach their full potential, or they might not even unlock the intelligence that their genetics gave them.</p>
<p>There are also different kind of intelligences, all of which can be hard to determine.</p>
<p>Huh, I have a 140 IQ on the Stanford-Binet or whatever you call it. 1440 on the old SAT.</p>
<p>Here's a list of my "accomplishments":
-DUI
-marijuana(possession)
-marijuana (intent to distribute)
-cocaine (possession)
-minor in possesion of alcohol
worst of all: I'm a 22 year old junior at McGill.</p>
<p>Now, I probably wouldn't be in school at all if I wasn't "naturally gifted," but I'm still a total scew up, and will probably amount to middle class, at best, depsite having the cognitive ability to be a banker/lawyer/doctor, etc.</p>
<p>I know a kid who got a 1560 on the old SAT-he shoots heroin everyday and works at Staples.</p>
<p>I'm the opposite of wutangfinancial. I am not smart or a fast learner but I know how to study efficiently and I get good grades. </p>
<p>Whereas other people might be reading the 50-60 pages of reading assigned, I am usually just reading the first and last sentence of every paragraph and skimming the rest for anything important. Not reading every word but just trying to identify the writer's point, the evidence backing up that point, and whether or not I agree with him. Then I re-read it again in the same way so the info sticks.</p>
<p>I take good notes in class and if problems are assigned I do them all. I only read the book when I feel it's necessary, otherwise it's a waste of time since textbooks usually give you a bunch of extra info that is a waste of time to read.</p>