Two boys are walking in a forest. They are quite different. The first boy's teachers think he is smart, his parents think he is smart, and as a result, he thinks he is smart. He has good test scores, good grades, and other good paper credentials that will get him far in his scholastic life. Few people consider the second boy smart. His test scores are nothing great, his grades aren't so good, and his other paper credentials are, in general, marginal. At best, people would call him shrewd or street smart. As the two boys walk along in the forest, they encounter a problem: namely, a huge, furious, hungry-looking grizzly bear. It is charging straight at them. The first boy, calculating that the grizzly bear will overtake them in 17.3 seconds, panics. In this state, he looks at the second boy, who is calmly taking off his hiking boots and putting on his jogging shoes. The first boy says t o the second boy, "You must be crazy. There is no way we are going to outrun that grizzly bear!" The second boy replies, "That's true. But all I have t o do is outrun you!"
In the preceding story, both boys are smart, but they are smart in different ways. Let's discuss different ways of being smart and different ways of using the smarts one has. All tests measure only a small part of intelligence. Many people with modest test scores are nevertheless highly intelligent. To be intelligent is to think well in one or more of three different ways: analytical, creative, and practical. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
