Lol ok

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/ResearchPapers/2012/Stegall,%20Ryan.pdf

Lol ok

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/ResearchPapers/2012/Stegall,%20Ryan.pdf

School performance has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence.

Quote from: PSU on October 14, 2016, 02:51:00 PM

Lol ok

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/ResearchPapers/2012/Stegall,%20Ryan.pdf

School performance has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence.

You're right. High school Dropouts are more intelligent than Ivy League Graduates

Quote from: PSU on October 14, 2016, 02:51:00 PM

Lol ok

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/ResearchPapers/2012/Stegall,%20Ryan.pdf

School performance has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence.

What makes you say that?

Quote from: Winy on October 14, 2016, 03:50:12 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on October 14, 2016, 03:45:53 PM

Quote from: PSU on October 14, 2016, 02:51:00 PM

Lol ok

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/ResearchPapers/2012/Stegall,%20Ryan.pdf

School performance has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence.

What makes you say that?

See above.

I actually mostly agree, but not 100%. I wouldn't say that school performance is completely indicative of someone's general intelligence (There are always just lazy people), but you don't think it says a little something about them? Even a tiny amount?

And believe me, the argument that "Anyone can be a good student, it's just a matter of effort" is something I know way too well personally. It's the argument I have to give myself all the time to stay motivated in school, because my courses tend to make me feel like an absolute idiot.

Quote from: Winy on October 14, 2016, 03:56:55 PM

I actually mostly agree, but not 100%. I wouldn't say that school performance is completely indicative of someone's general intelligence (There are always just lazy people), but you don't think it says a little something about them? Even a tiny amount?

And believe me, the argument that "Anyone can be a good student, it's just a matter of effort" is something I know way too well personally. It's the argument I have to give myself all the time to stay motivated in school, because my courses tend to make me feel like an absolute idiot.

Well, sure, some people are definitely quicker to learn subjects like math than some unfortunate others--but I don't believe that there are people who are intrinsically incapable of doing math. At worst, you might have a slow-learner with dyscalculia who lives in a horrid learning environment and goes to a shitty public school with nearly-retired teachers who don't give a fuck. That would certainly put your chances of attending Harvard at odds with the average person--but that's a rather extreme example. And so are people who are so mentally handicapped that they can't even talk. Those are obvious exceptions.

But yes, in general, I have a (perhaps uncharacterically) optimistic viewpoint when it comes to the average person's potential in an academic front. Some people are naturally brilliant--some people have to work very hard--but all of us are capable of being intelligent.

I'm glad we see eye-to-eye in that regard. I was never a particularly good math student in high school, primarily because of a lack of effort, but also because I adopted the very common defeatist attitude that "Well, I'm just terrible at this stuff, so I might as well accept it." It certainly doesn't come as easily to me as others, which makes me feel particularly out of place in my major-related courses, but I do find motivation knowing that what I'm attempting to achieve is attainable, but it requires a lot of sacrifice.

Particularly, it means the leisurely college experience many people seem no nostalgic about isn't something I'm going to find while I'm here. At least, not to the degree I think most people will have it. But I've come to accept that, because I want this to happen, admittedly partly because I want to prove to others that it's doable. What better person to become a teacher in these fields than someone who knows exactly what it feels like to think they're hopeless?

if not what you enjoy, then why you enjoy it

am i right or am i right

would you call yourself intelligent

gues what i like!

Hey so what does what I lile say about me

Dunno, what do you lile?

This thread is still going? What a waste, this is clearly a Verbatim shitpost.

An intelligent person can waste their time away playing video games whereas a slightly smart person who has applied themselves may stop playing games since they see them as a waste of time. What you enjoy isn't an indicator of your intelligence, it's an indicator of how you are as a person.

gues what i like!

guess who isn't the least bit surprised

I like my kids so I guess that makes me a fucking idiot. 

I like my kids so I guess that makes me a fucking idiot. 

You can't like what doesn't exist anymore.

Do me Verb!!

i didn't know that's how you felt about me

i watch big bang theory so i'm an intelligent nerdy individual and i know about science