<p>When you judge a person's intelligence, how do you do it? Do you base it on strictly "book smarts"? Or do you follow some other criteria?</p>
<p>Personally, I think smart people are book smart, but they also have to be able to hold an engaging conversation. There's a girl at my school who took Algebra I a year early and is now in calculus, and everyone (including she) thinks that she is some paragon of intelligence. However, this same girl lacks the ability to discuss things and has a very "dumb blonde" demeanor.</p>
<p>Being good at learning and understanding. If multiple intelligences exist, then you can be smart in some area while not being smart in another.
This is independent of personality…you can be boring, shy, arrogant, bad with words, etc. and still be smart.</p>
<p>I think the smartest kids at my school are actually some of the ones in my classes with just-above passing grades. You know, the kids that know a ton about things that are relevant to society, but not at all relevant to school work? Some people find these kids annoying, but I find them interesting because they talk to me about things that I wouldn’t even dream of knowing-and they teach me about these subjects.</p>
<p>I think it’s academics. I think some people on here could get into some serious debate about street and book smarts and go all out by typing an essay. I consider myself smart despite the contradictions I come up with. Everyone says i’m a genius but I know me… I maybe smart but I make really stupid mistakes… Academics, Geniuses Versus Hard Work. Which One outweighs which?</p>
<p>“everybody is a genius. but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - albert einstein</p>
<p>What BattleForLA said. Knowing things is useless if you can’t meaningfully apply them. What’s the point of having the right answer, if you can’t explain why it’s the right answer? There’s also a difference between book smart and street smart, good grades on tests won’t help you in the long run if you lack social intelligence.</p>
<p>Since I dont have immediate access to anyone’s IQ…</p>
<p>Articulation? I would say. It’s all about how you put words together. Three million “likes” in between kinda portrays you as less intelligent. However, that’s no longer a concrete indicator as I’ve found that it’s become so cultural that even the most intelligent have adopted it into their everyday speech. The topic of “like” is actually very interesting. It’s also used so ironically to the point that it becomes more natural almost. I know that for me it’s become so ingrained into how I speak it’s bad…</p>
<p>Secondly, classroom presence. You know the people who do well and those who don’t based on grades, discussions, etc.</p>
<p>With that said, there’re so many forms of intelligence. Obviously there are intelligent people who do not perform well in school nor articulate their thoughts very well. I know sometimes I stumble upon a new realization of someone’s intelligence from the most distinct of occurrences. For example, you could find a collection of really tough reads on a person’s bookshelf …and it could alter your perception</p>
<p>1) Application of memory (being able to recall relevant situations and past knowledge to a current problem…basically good problem solving abilities). </p>
<p>2) Passion for learning.</p>
<p>3) Ability to learn quickly from newly presented information. </p>
<p>4) Ability to do computations and to memorize information quickly.</p>
<p>I think I say “like” a lot because it’s a way of distancing myself from my statements. I don’t want to say something is something else, because that might be polarizing and it might make someone want to argue with me, so I just say something is like something else. Same with “sort of” and “kind of” and “I think” and “maybe.”</p>
<p>I usually wear jeans and T shirts and badly need a haircut, and most people who know me outside school have called me highly intelligent. I guess my world has been imaginary all this time if people in the real world are considered smart based on “dress code+ physics”.</p>