In real life, is there really a definition of smart? What is considered "smart"? Trinity gets straight A's, but could never survive in the wilderness. There are other people who we know that do not get great grades, but could easily maneuver around in the real world. This is the same for IQ scores, is an 85 through 114 really considered average? There's is a kid in my school that is probably the smartest in our grade that is not in our "Gifted and Talented" program. It's because he is a really bad test taker. If you look at his grades he has 100% on every worksheet, every homework assignment, but he doesn't test well. There are a lot of people like that where their IQ score doesn't represent their intellectual capabilities. They might be the best painter of all time, but they get C's in math. I mean, I hear people say all the time that Leonardo De Vinci's work was a master piece or that Shakespeare developed the greatest theatre pieces of our generation. Albert Einstein was told by one of his teachers that he would never amount to anything, but look what he did amount to. Aren't they considered smart? Aren't they considered geniuses in their field?
When talking about friendships being smart or dumb does play a factor. If you take a look at the cliché movies, there are always groups that people avoid. Some say that they avoid the "nerds". Aren't they considered "smart"? So that means that smart people may not have a lot of friends. I think that you hit a point in your childhood where you realize that being a nerd isn't a bad thing. Being smart is kind of cool. I don't think that makes smart people and dumb people not be able to become friends. It's our actions and thoughts that define us, not our intellect.
By:Trinity Smithers, Carmen Cuevas, Christian Labertew.
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