How smart do you consider yourself to be?

My perception of myself fluctuates. Sometimes, I’ll think I’m really smart, but at others, I’ll feel horribly inadequate compared to my peers.

I’m alright? Ehhh…so so.

People see me as this person who is a genius in every subject when that’s simply not true. I just happen to thrive in an academic setting. How can you judge someone’s intelligence one-dimensionally? You can’t measure intelligence because there will never be a set definition. I actually notice many of my classmates are geniuses at something whether they embrace it or keep it hidden. Some are good at coming up with random facts, roasting other people for their edge ups, rapping on demand, drawing beautiful art, smiling everyday, singing, building, working with animals, discussing books, making morbid jokes, and farting the whole class out of the room. :stuck_out_tongue:

Intelligence is subjective and relative; there’s no way to quantify or qualify it completely aside from misleading IQ or standardized tests. That being said, i do really well in school but i don’t think i’m that smart. I look at other people and my friends and wonder how i have better grades, then i remember that grades aren’t a measure of intelligence, but a combination of smarts and effort given. I’ve seen the smartest people lack severly in certain areas, and do horribly socially (low EQ), or simply have a lot of interests that doesn’t necessarily translate to intelligence. I don’t care about being “smart”, i just want to be educated, socially adept and happy pursuing whatever interests me.