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Nammu · May 04, 2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Venomous

Does academic success measure the intelligence of a person? Bush W graduated from Yale with a history major then got a masters in business from Harvard-I, personally do not know anyone who considers him intelligent. He is successful, yes, but intelligent? He did successfully graduate from college. Success and intelligence are two different things, and in todays world we honor only money as success.

What is the relationship between academic scores and intelligence? There is no direct relationship between academic scores and intelligence. The are too many variables. There are also several different types of intelligence, some say 7 some say 9(verbal, visual, physical, musical, math/logic, introspective/inner, interpersonal/people, {natural,existential}) . Others say it's just the right VS left brain or logical VS emotional. There are people who say our modern IQ tests are flawed in favor of those who are in the majority and discriminate against other types of IQ and that there are forms we are not aware of because of our inclination to exclude anything other than the majority. Academic intelligence tends to lean towards those who can think inside of the box, group think.

Can I be smart and not do well in university?

Absolutely.

This is an area of interest for me because like you I was called I dumb and an idiot by teachers in grade school. I had a 3rd grade teacher who told my mother I should be institutionalized that my being in class was bad for the other students. Why? I was severely hearing impaired and had a huge hearing aid in a halter that was worn on the outside of my clothing and was required to under go an hour of speech therapy everyday. Once I was in middle school and no longer singled out I did fine and was on the honor role. I went to college on a partial scholarship. But to this day I cannot spell. I have an absolute block---the harder I try to think of a word the more indecipherable my spelling becomes. Most people in our society judge people by their ability to spell. No matter what your point is, how good it is it will not matter. Yet like being able to do well in academics has nothing to do with intelligence, spelling has nothing to do with IQ. Your posts are proof of your intelligence, you have intellect beyond measure.