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When a child get grades form work at school, should the district or colleges criticize them
 1234567890  15 Apr 2008 00:19
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I totally disagree with you. Albert Einstein was very poor in math and look at his accomplishments.
 
 menhim1967  26 Dec 2008 00:00
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No.

Grades are a reflection of the child's self-esteem, and home-life.
And familial-expectations.

And having just one teacher show some human caring, can also make a difference in the child's grades.
You teachers have a lot more power and influence then you would ever think or believe.

If a child thinks/perceives a teacher cares about them believes in them, thinks well highly of them, that child will bust their A$$ to get that A to receive the teacher's approval/acceptance.
 
 Scorpion  31 Jul 2008 00:08
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As stated previously the definition of intelligence is debatable. I myself see intelligence as being able to use common sense reliability and correctly. Math is intelligence if you can take a problem lets say a box with a round top and use the formulas for area of cylinder and area of cube to find the area of the combined shape.
 
 Smito  23 Jun 2008 20:29
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Grades are very often determined by one or two tests. This is highly unreliable because performance may depend on so many outside influences such as the weather ('dampen' your spirits), recent social interactions before the exam ("Haha, you're going to fail!") and even something simple like 'have you eaten recently?'. You may have all the knowledge you need yet something may impede recall on the day and cause you to 'freeze' and panic, ruining your chances.

The definition of 'Intelligence' is highly debatable as well.
 
 Intuition  14 May 2008 21:16
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Most kids when they take tests do not feel like "yay now i get to show off my talents" they most likely feel a lot of pressure to get a good grade... Because that is all they are taught is to get good grades not to learn as much as they can and to just do their best. For most everyone it is just get the grades and that makes you smart. Well I am horrible at science. I got mostly D's in that subject but that does not make me any less intelligent then the next guy it just means that i don't understand science.
 
 mannix-a  25 Apr 2008 15:28
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 You have probably just been taught in a very haphazard way. Try self-educating. It's easy, if you can sit through some video's. On TV, it's called "The Discovery Channel". It is on the web too, in case you don't have the channel.

If you like to read, check out books on subjects that interest you. If it's Science-related, you'll learn something : ) and it will help with building an interest and learning to learn.
by  momof3
 05 May 2008 08:28
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Totally.
I'm what you could say "passing just to get by" in some subjects. But I am very smart. Not to brag. I am good in some subjects and no so great in others. Like math. Who math, no brain when it comes to math. But that doesn't make me dumb because i can't do math but I can do other subjects.
 
 Potterpal7  23 Apr 2008 18:21
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 When you say you are smart and are good in some subjects, how do you gage this? Is it your grades? 'Cause I'm wondering how you would know since you don't yet have experience in the subject matter.
by  momof3
 05 May 2008 08:30
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Heck, no.
I have a bad grade in math, but I'm really good at it.
It's because i make stupid mistakes like copying down the wrong problem. Not that I'm stupid!!!
 
 im_trumpet  23 Apr 2008 13:29
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No because intelligence can be many things. E.g we change as we got older so are grades may change. Plus they're can be intelligent comedians by making good jokes and being confident. And there can be intelligent Mathematicians who are very clever with numbers. But good grades sometimes give you better opportunities some don't.
I think it's about the effort you put into your goal.
 
 Keeno  15 Apr 2008 12:51
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