<p>like how you interact with others, and your aspirations and everything.</p>
<p>I wanted to rephrase michael2's question for everyone.</p>
<p>In my experience, (or perhaps this is just what I like to tell myself), guys really aren’t interested in you because you’re smarter than them; nobody realizes that ‘nerds’ have/want to lead normal lives.</p>
<p>Or maybe I’m just a hideous ■■■■■ who has no hope of ever finding romance.</p>
<p>^ Intelligence can be intimidating. But then again, the lack of it can be scary as well.</p>
<p>I’ve been coined as an oreo and stereotype breaker since elementary school.</p>
<p>I can attest to the lack of intelligence being scary. There was this one semester where I was having a rough time, but there was this one class-geometry-where I was doing ok despite the fact that I couldn’t keep my eyes open all the time. But some of the people in there- oh, man. They were bad. I’m not dumb by any means, but still I felt like Einstein compared to these people. There was one time we were told to make a triangle out of certain knew pieces (she had tried them out before then). There was this one guy who made a quadrilateral with one slanted side, and thought it was a triangle. The teacher told him that it wasn’t, and when he tried again he made the SAME THING, only upside down. He had completely missed the “traingles have three sides” part of the lesson that day. He didn’t realize this until the teacher put it right side up for him. I felt bad for the poor guy.</p>
<p>I feel like intelligence has two sides. Obviously it’s going to help out in academics, but then you have to worry about social interactions. I find that a lot of students “use” the smart kids: they only talk to them when they need help on homework, a project, while studying, etc.</p>
<p>to b honest…im a pretty normal kid…i was an athlete. im student body president…by no means really popular but someone who tries to be friendly with everyone…well in my experience i have been penalized for being smart…just because i do well in school and don’t do drugs/didnt drink till mid junior year…some people think i think im better than everyone else which 100% isnt true…it could be the way i come off.but it just doesnt seem fair…im not judging you for doing what you do or not doing as well in school so why do u instantly think i think im better than you??? frustrating…</p>
<p>if you are used for homework help, that’s a result of the way you act around others, not how smart you are.</p>
<p>I feel that my intelligence has been a good and bad thing.</p>
<p>Good:
-liked by teachers
-I’m somewhat popular
-nominated for dozens of things like People-to-People or whatever
-I get first pick on some of my classes (my counselor called me out of class to ask me what classes I wanted a week before everyone else had to fill out a form)
-special treatment (sometimes)</p>
<p>Bad:
-I’m expected to be apart of EVERYTHING!
-I always get asked ‘do you take smart pills?’
-I get too much attention
-when someone gets a higher score than me on anything, they say ‘I’m better than you’ for about a week</p>
<p>@evanb1996 that last one is probably THE most annoying things I put up with.</p>
<p>Once I found out I had these powers, I knew my life would never be the same…</p>
<p>I find it separating. I’m not a super savant or anything but I am pretty good at literature, and in that class people just ask me for help, and don’t otherwise talk with me like I’m just a regular kid.</p>
<p>Well the bad part is they would always ask what scores I get on tests…which is hella annoying.</p>
<p>The good thing is people actually recognize you (in hs at least), it’s easy to suck up to teachers, you always get the classes you want, and pretty much the admin praises you, especially if you have good attendance.</p>
<p>It’s annoying when people ask about my scores on a test, and then get mad at me for saying my scores.</p>
<p>I’m pretty judgmental. I don’t judge based on grades or interests; I judge based on how that person’s mind works. I don’t know if it’s intelligence or just *****iness, but I have high standards (not just for intelligence…), and I end up disappointed pretty damn often. </p>
<p>Also, I think too much.</p>
<p>Sometimes I wish I were average.</p>
<p>I judge people by their grammar.</p>
<p>I also wish I was average, but intelligent people get a lot more respect than others IMO. I also judge people by the way they speak. Like that teenage “OMGOMGOMG”, “Like, legit.”, etc. gets on my nerves. (Typed is okay, when said… it’s quite annoying). </p>
<p>When people think of me, they think “Oh, yea she’s really smart,” which makes me happy.</p>
<p>Normally I interact with others fine, I think, except I have a tendency to ramble on about the most inane things. I have a guy repellant problem though… I love when I’m somewhere (like rec swim in the summer with kids from other high schools) where they don’t actually know how smart I am, so they don’t judge me based on that. I find that I get along easier with kids who don’t know that, and I also attract more guys ← hence my theory that intelligence, in most cases, is off-putting/intimidating.</p>
<p>probably any trait deviating significantly from the mean is, in most cases, not attractive.</p>
<p>^ breast size?</p>