Comments on: Reader Question – Smarter People http://www.productivity501.com/reader-question-smarter-people/542/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: R. Kent http://www.productivity501.com/reader-question-smarter-people/542/comment-page-1/#comment-50226 R. Kent Fri, 30 May 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=542#comment-50226 I was discussing this topic the other night with a colleague. We discussed how immigrants will often come to America without having mastered the English language. Their poor lingual skills are often interpreted as a lack of intelligence, which is not always the case. An intercultural communications course I took in college really opened my eyes to how similar people are despite vast differences in culture. Specifically how interpretation of intelligence is often culturally based. The topic of intelligence has always intrigued me. As a child, adults would complement me on my ability to make intuitive observations and create unique and effective solutions to various problems. Despite this, I have never tested well on standardized tests. I was discussing this topic the other night with a colleague. We discussed how immigrants will often come to America without having mastered the English language. Their poor lingual skills are often interpreted as a lack of intelligence, which is not always the case. An intercultural communications course I took in college really opened my eyes to how similar people are despite vast differences in culture. Specifically how interpretation of intelligence is often culturally based.

The topic of intelligence has always intrigued me. As a child, adults would complement me on my ability to make intuitive observations and create unique and effective solutions to various problems. Despite this, I have never tested well on standardized tests.

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