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Usually, if you don't got all the book smarts in the world, then more than likely, you make up for it with street smarts and some sort of common sense.

And vice versa, if you're gifted with book smarts, then one's street smarts tend to not be up to par.

Capisce?
Room to debate?

This is an untrue, but funny, stereotype.

I know people that have amazing book smarts and street smarts and I also know people that have zero book smarts and even worse street smarts.

Book smarts is mostly memorization and reciting information while street smart is more logic, both important but having one doesn't mean you don't have the other.

No, pierce, this stereotype is true.

It gives the world balance. :earth:

Gifted with book smarts? How does that work exactly?

It's a street thang, you wouldn't understand.

Ok, I guess you're right...

:earth:

Uhhh, nope. You are wrong.

arguable

How is it arguable?

I don't believe that's true at all. I believe people are a mix of talents and capabilities, no two alike, just like faces.

I also think there is a new appreciation for different types of intelligence; e.g., social intelligence, that's a step in the right direction.

Ok well it's a stereotype, true but I'll probably still assume those kids who go to the University of Chicago will have a hard time adjusting to the City. ::shrugs::

which one did you get?

I think I got both. maybe a bit more book than street......just a bit....

Personally, I believe it depends on your circumstances. If you're born into a wealthy family, you're more likely not to need street smarts but you'll be encouraged to have book smarts where as poorer kids are more likely to need to know how to fight in the trenches and are less likely to have the same opportunities with books.

That is all fact.

So fresh, is your argument fact or opinion? Do you think people can't have both?

Why did you pose the thread?

To see how everyone thought about the contrasting smarts. Just me and my roommates staying up late at night analyzing friends, each other.
I guess I think everyone can have both but I won't assume it, it must be shown to me. As I said before, the kids who get into the University of Chicago will have a challenging time getting used to living IN the city, urban sprawling metropolis. Call me an ass, but I assume that since they can afford 50k for tuition that they are born into a well off family. Now this of course isn't applicable for everyone duh but it's a generality. But most statistics are generalities as well. Not trying to piss off anyone! But I guess I feel the book/street smarts characteristics generally aren't distributed evenly.

fresh, one of these days you're going to have to get rid of these 'rules' you live by. You simply cannot make so many assumptions about people constantly, and you must admit that you seem to do it a lot on here, which is why you get slammed so much.

Sorry, different upbringings, different experiences, different thought processes, I guess. But let's not get into whose life is wrong and who's is right.

It doesn't work that way. The internet is a melting pot, not a soapbox. The exposure to new ideas is supposed to be a learning experience.

we are fam-i-ly!

I think it all more comes down to what is more pronounced in your brainz: your creative side or your practical side.

There's also linear thinking versus associative thinking. Too linear and you're autistic, too associative and you're schizophrenic.

My thoughts, exactly. Again: that is why I made this thread, to see what everyone thought. Can I have my opinion back? The initial exchange with pierce was very light hearted, if it wasn't apparent.

You can have any opinion you want, that's the beauty of it. Even better, you get feedback! If people disagree with you, you get the satisfaction of defending your ideas. If you fail to defend your ideas, because the argument of your opponent is stronger than your own, this is actually the best thing that can happen, because that's how you learn. Conversely, when met with opposition, if your reponse is to whine about it, what do you learn?

Definitley possible to have both. One of the most attractive things about bf is that he has a complete set of street smarts and book smarts. He'll go from teasing me about not knowing any slang words for well, anything...and then give me a history lesson on WW2.

*~*He's so dreamy :love: *~*

So everybody's equal, smart-wise, just with different areas of specialization? Point me to the bedsmart aisle, please.

said this before........funnysmart izme

theres only 1 smart
it just branches out into differently lengthed branches.

Oh yeah, Jeb, totally! Just like there's only one street in my city, it just branches out all over the different neighborhoods.

jeb is simplesmart

Is that anything like a quickiemart?

Very false stereotype.
I grew-up poor, self-educated since my schools were crap (took a lot of shit for it too) then went to college, working my way through as a bouncer in a grungy club.
I feel that I am fairly well read and my street credibility is still in tact and have known others very much like myself.
The idea that one must be deficient somewhere to make-up for a talent is ludicrous in my opinion.

not so well ritten though. lol. you were a bouncer too?

At least I am not you.

yeah. good comeback. you got me. you're not me. can't argue that one.


good job editing your post to correct what i was razzing you over. that doesn't make you look like a dick at all.

If this is what you mean by "street smarts"; I don't think that's really a type of intelligence. Just experience.

To me, "street smarts" comprises a mix of talents, like situational awareness, adaptability, good reflexes, people sense, good judgment etc. that can translate into a propensity for acting safely and appropriate in a variety of situations. Including the street, city, or - country.*

College students have a hard time adjusting, period.

*I'm not saying I have this, either. Unfortunately.

oh, rage,.....one more edit.....intact is one word.


and, um.....it's 'street cred'

Wow... you are such a little bitch!

Actually it does not, it makes sense to correct the spelling of a misspelled word once pointed out.
You however are Mr. Cool, who thinks you look so hot pointing out the spelling mistakes of an admitted dyslexic instead of your usual witty and in depth, loving, contribution to this board.