<p>^^Option F is the BAMF choice. I’m not sure I know ANYONE that cool. </p>
<p>@OP and others, I guess my point is that it comes down to a STEM vs. all other fields debate. Some might argue that math-based sciences and technologies are more difficult but also that it’s more respectable to be proficient at them. As in, smarter people are people who are good at math.</p>
<p>Why do you strive to be called an intellectual? Last time I checked most self proscribed intellectuals are unemployed.</p>
<p>I feel like I conveyed my concern too strongly. This is not something that causes me to lose sleep at night. </p>
<p>@helloel - I feel the same way about Algebra II - I have a Senior in my Latin class, and he’s in AP Calculus BC, and although he can barely write a coherent paragraph (in either Latin or English), he feels superior to me because I exert such an effort into a class that he breezed through when he was probably a Freshman.</p>
<p>OP: No offense, but you sound like a nightmare. One of the smartest kids I ever knew (2290 on his SAT the first time, no prep) but was a C student in high school. Everyone learns differently, end of story. The only unintelligent people are the ones that don’t even try to learn.</p>
<p>@dylan0526 - I am a nightmare. I really do apologize. I’m being sincere. I don’t understand how my friends tolerate me, I can be so insufferable at times.</p>
<p>Wow, preamble. You’re just like me. I’m terrible at math, ok at science, but extremely advanced in Spanish/English/History. My teacher also told me that my writing exceeds the level of an advanced college student/professor. I’m pretty good at Calculus, but I’m absolutely terrible when it comes to Geometry/Trig (I’m a sophomore with a C in Geometry…ugh.) I never study for any of my classes (except for chem. and math) but yet I’m able to slide by with a 95%+ in each class (humanities.)</p>
<p>So yeah. We’re not unintelligent, that’s for sure. I like the multiple intelligences theory.</p>
<p>Bump :). I’m interested in this thread.</p>
<p>There are definitely more job opportunities for the math wiz than there are for the history nerd, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t smart.</p>
<p>If a person excels in math, but has trouble with English, does that mean he’s dumb?</p>
<p>@diana3 - I feel a double standard exists under those circumstances. Someone who doesn’t excel in English but is a Mathematical prodigy - I tend to think of an immigrant who has a stronger grasp on multivariable Calculus than the professor himself, but when I think of someone who is a History buff that can’t do basic math, I just think of a loner that stays up all night reading about WWII trivia. </p>
<p>My fear is that anyone can graduate from a 4 year institution with a Liberal Arts degree, but not everyone can graduate with a STEM degree. </p>
<p>I guess thats where the conflict lies. I mean, should we disregard Liberal Arts (Law, English, etc) because STEM is more relevant to the current economic climate? Or is there a need for the History buffs in society, even if its not as apparent? </p>
<p>“Where would we be if Shakespeare’s parents pushed him to become a blacksmith?”</p>
<p>preamble1176: Yeah, I mean just be grateful that you can study hard an obtain even a decent grade. Many people can’t even do that. But whether math just isn’t your thing or a subject in which you do very poorly, it’s not the end of the world. Not succeeding in a subject is not the end of the world. Somebody telling me that they are in Calculus as a freshman will not completely blow my mind. Sure, I think ‘wow, he/she is good at math’ but I don’t think ‘I’m so insignificant and unintelligent’. Trust me, people will not think you are entirely unintelligent if you don’t excel in math. I’m pretty sure my classmates think I’m smart, and most of them know I’m not good at math because anytime I get asked for math help my initial response is “I suck at math” but then I try to help the best I can. Whether you aren’t good at a foreign language, math, english, history, science, don’t let it get to you, because they truth is you are probably good at something. </p>
<p>And this has nothing to do with math but it reminded me that I really have started to become more impressed with people that don’t come off as so smart proving to me that is more impressive is what you do with your life not your IQ because it’s something that’s not even under your control. Yes I know, intelligence is often a big factor in what you can accomplish, but it isn’t a limiting one. We all like to hear the compliments, “oh she is so intelligent in this subject, one of the smartest students I’ve seen” but think about it, isn’t it a better compliment to be told you are one of the most diligent, tenacious, and respectful people a person’s ever met? It’s something you’ve accomplished, not something you were born with. Has anyone else ever thought about this?</p>
<p>Definitely. I’m probably one of the better people I know at math, but I’m not intelligent at all. (Honestly)
And there are some reallllyyyyyy bright kids I know that are not so good at math, but are probably the most intelligent people I’ve ever met.</p>
<p>I think humanities require a lot of thinking too. It’s not logic-wise, but it definitely shows intelligence.</p>