<p>everything I have read here is absolute dribble, you people assume very much.</p>
<p>I am one of those “smart but didn’t try in high school” of which you speak. I got B’s and C’s and some A’s (in math, of course.)</p>
<p>I do not think you are all talking about the right sort of “not trying.”</p>
<p>I DID NOT do homework EVER. did your best friend with the 4.0 do that? I doubt it.</p>
<p>I was immersed in other worlds which were far more interesting and stimulating than the idiocy of american public schooling and everything it has to offer. </p>
<p>Herp a derp jerp, looks to me like not one smart person has posted here, but then again, I am being as assuming and unforgiving as you were in describing people like me :)</p>
<p>and this guy, “Fortunately, I actually have not had the pleasure of encountering such a person, though I can imagine that it happens often. If I did, I’d likely spot it…until recently, I have been the person who exerts no effort but does well. I’m not proud of that; I’m in the process of changing, but that is how I would notice the difference. Despite not doing homework, throwing slipshod projects and essays together at the last moment (if at all) my grades are never C’s due to test scores. I find it hard to believe that someone else like this could not easily achieve the same thing; even if their grades were lacking, why would they not earn high test scores if that were the case?”</p>
<p>What school are you going to that you can turn in last minute essays and projects and still receiving A’S or even B’s?!??!“IF AT ALL” (LOLOLOLOL) “IF AT ALL” (this is a good joke, because if you don’t turn in a major essay or project, you are pretty much guaranteed a C)</p>
<p>Are all your classes weighted with tests as 90% of the grade??? Sure I aced all my tests too, but I had the exact habits you described with homework, essays, and projects, and unless we are in different countries or you were in a private school… you are lying about something buddy. Or maybe you are very charismatic and your teachers gave you good grades on all of your projects and essays o.0</p>
<p>I’m just going to throw it out there. My IQ is average, I didn’t even get into our schools gifted program.
My grades, test scores, ect are good. (Facts; I have all As) I am not the smartest kid in our school, probably won’t be valedictorian (I took band twice which is a GPA dropper) or even top 7.
The gifted program (not all of them) are smart kids who were told at a young age that they are elite. So they don’t try. Some aren’t even aware that an honors kid has just as much right to top 10 as they do. I’ve taken gifted classes occasionally if they offer a program I can’t get else where and it’s always with a slight attitude that they work with me. Not all of them but certainly the kids who have never taken a non gifted class.
The best part some of these kids are making C’s with the same sense of elitism. It. Drives. Me. Mad
There’s a girl who has the whole /gifted/ program ranked. I’m sure she’ll be quite surprised when a few honors kids who work hard worm their way it and her place drops</p>
<p>i didn’t realize until the second page that this was an old thread.</p>
<p>^ i don’t really think they get told they’re elite, but i wouldn’t know. they <em>might</em> get told they’re smart a lot more often, but that’s not a crime. some people will say that if you praise human children for inherent characteristics, and not their accomplishments, things don’t go as well. This might be true but i don’t really know.</p>
<p>I think I’m smart, but very lazy. Though I have only Bs to back this up now, there was a time about a year ago, when I studied like crazy, and my grades went right through the roof. It was insane. This is how I know I am smart. I know I’m lazy because I study only the night before the test. I just can’t get myself to sit down and work before that. Even so, my scores are never less than an 80. </p>
<p>I don’t think highly of anyone who doesn’t try, though. I value hard work more than talent and smarts (I’m from the east, so this is the mantra I grew up on) so I’ve been pretty much looking down on myself since I quit working. </p>
<p>You guys are silly. At the end of the day, all of us have to accomplish something. Intellect and hard-work both play a part in that, but nobody cares how much or little effort you put in, just if you did it or not. High school and college just prepare us for that, nothing more.</p>
<p>To the OP: don’t worry about those who can’t put their money where their mouth is. In admitting that they can’t do the work, they fall back to calling themselves smart. Whether they are or not, that doesn’t matter. They still haven’t accomplished anything. You don’t earn respect like that. Let them ride their high horse.</p>
<p>I was definitely that person last year because I pick up things in school fast so when I actually do try, I dont have to work so hard to get an A. But obviously if I dont even bother to try to understand and read the material then I’ll do horribly.</p>
<p>But I honestly think that there are people that are smart but dont apply themselves since most of the time they have proven it in the past but slacking in the present.</p>
<p>Im not saying its ok to be like that (I learned its not the hard way), but one should not be too judgemental on people like that cuz the OP seemed kinda harsh bout it.</p>
<p>I have said that, but pretty rarely. Mostly other people say that about me after being around me in class. I can’t really say it or it sounds pretentious since I’m ranked #1 and have our classes PSAT score…</p>
<p>I used to be like that… during middle school. Once high school came around, everyone was a flipping genius. If I didn’t try I would’ve probably dropped all my honor classes, but I do know a guy who is a wizard at computers but ended up dropping that class for media. Why would he do that? Easy A’s. </p>
<p>But people who don’t try and have a large potential irk me quite a bit. It makes me sad to see so much wasted…</p>