I get it... I'm not smart. I'm a average, perhaps even lower. I *want* to be smarter, but I'm not. I'm not a "traditional" college graduate. The only college I can get through is vocational. I'm more of a hands-on person. I handle electronics well, I pick up things fast. But I cannot for the life of me pass algebra. I'm envious of people who are book smart.

But in the grand scheme of things, what does it really mean to be intelligent? What does IQ have to do with anything? Does the ability to get an "A" in a difficult class define a person? Does it make them BETTER than anyone else? Can someone use book smarts/intelligence as a reason to talk lowly of someone else?

I know a lot of smart people. People who can take 5-6 college classes at a time and get nearly ALL A's. I know people who know medicene and medical terminology as a second language. But at the same time, they've got their weaknesses too. They can whip up an essay or get 100% on a quiz yet they struggle with basic things in life, and it takes them a long time to know how to work the cable TV. or a cell phone.

I know I've been arrogant in my life and thought less of others because of what comes naturally to me. I know better today. Just because I can pick up a camera, a cell phone, a MP3 player, whatever, and learn to use it in minutes, it doesn't make me better than anyone else. It comes so easy to me that there isn't much effort involved.

Smart people can be dumb and dumb people can be smart.  What really matters is how you treat people .If you look down on others then you're not treating others nicely, and probably not the way YOU want to be treated.

Don't discount someone because of what they don't have.