Growing up, I remember feeling frustrated with school because I wasn’t excelling as fast as most of my peers. I couldn’t soak up concepts as fast as they could. This lead me to feeling unworthy and miniscule compared to others. Within the public school system I notice that in group environments, people who don’t understand how to factor a quadratic with a leading coefficient often get overlooked or seem as a liability, all because of a math concept. I never felt like people took me seriously because I wasn’t the best student, but I still worked just as hard as everyone else. It took me a long time to really open my eyes to the fact that labelling all the parts of an animal cell does not define you and should not define your status whatsoever. Psychologist Howard Gardner felt that Mathematics and Verbal aren’t the only ways in which people can be intelligent, so he then developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and split it into nine parts which are as follows: 1. Naturalist Intelligence – A keen eye for detail, very in tune with nature, and often love exploring. They find patterns and relationships to nature. These types of people would be great at surviving in the wild. 2. Musical Intelligence - Good at thinking in patterns, rhythms, and sounds. Have a keen ear for pitch and are good at creating music, and math (most of the time). 3. Logical Mathematical Intelligence – Great at analyzing problems and mathematical operations. These people are great at reasoning, recognizing patterns, logically analyze problems, and think conceptually. 4. Existential Intelligence – Good at philosophizing and thinking about questions that may not have a definite answer. They are like challenging concepts and are not easily confused by their own feelings. 5. Interpersonal Intelligence – Good at communicating with others and noticing shifts in others’ moods and motives. They can easily see multiple perspectives on a subject. 6. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence – These types of people love movement. They have high body awareness and good motor skills. Because of this, they are good at activities that involve movement, such as sports and dance. They learn best by doing, and experimentation. 7. Linguistic Intelligence – These people are better than average at understanding subtle differences in meaning. They pick up new words and languages quicker. They tend to have a broader vocabulary than others. 8. Intra-Personal Intelligence – Good at understanding their own feelings and thoughts and know how to fuel that to achieve their goals. They are great at self-motivating without any reward. Often good philosophers and psychologists. 9. Spatial Intelligence – Good at things that require mental manipulation of physical perspectives. They do not easily get lost and have great graphic and artistic skills, as well as image manipulation skills. I’ve come to realize not to compare myself to others. Sure you can name every single muscle in the human body, but can you write and produce a song in under 2 hours? My point is that everyone is different, and staying in your lane with what makes you the happiest will lead you to living a happy, fulfilling life (at least that’s what I believe). Your intelligence should not be defined by what your grades are in school, but rather what you excel at, and what you are passionate about. You are much more than what’s on a piece of paper because no one is the same, remember that the next time you feel pale in comparison to someone else.
Connor N
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