<p>I don’t like to classify myself as “intelligent,” but there is a point, I believe, to being too modest. </p>
<p>When I was younger, I would read a lot because I didn’t live around many other kids. So I would always talk about things that they kids wouldn’t really grasp. I remember reading one of my mom’s books on Western Philosophy and using the dictionary to decipher it. So I had a pretty good vocabulary at age 5.</p>
<p>For most people, it’s intimidating, as others have said. Also, I suppose, it’s annoying. I remember last Friday, my AP Lit class took a test and everyone bombed it but me, because I studied. Not bragging, but pointing out no one was happy because I was the only exception.</p>
<p>But teachers do like me, to an extent. I think it’s just my school, but there are a few teachers who I know (for a fact) that I am more intelligent than.</p>
<p>Most of the time, especially at my job (I work at Wal-Mart), I appear to be a lot less educated than I really am. I pretend to know nothing. I pretend that I have no clue what my managers are talking about, because I would much rather be included in something than excluded because of what I say or how I say something.</p>