What i'm trying to say is that..how would you a say that you are really intelligent?what do you mean of intelligence? other saying that, when you teaching math..its means you are really intelligent..i'm a kind of person really wants challenges..sometimes i think that i'm not as smart of others..because others really knows and with knowledge in mathematic manners? please help me..it really bothered me a lots..thanks to you guys..in advance...
2006-07-28 16:56:08 · 18 answers · asked by misscongeniality042000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
I have always believed in the Multiple Theory of Intelligence. Are you familiar with that theory? Some individuals excel in math, while others excel in arts and the humanities. The determination of one's intelligence should be broad and not based on the results of a test.
2006-07-28 17:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by adjoadjo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that people are given different talents which allow them to excel in areas that some may not. That is what makes the world work. We all have some area in which we are intelligent in, you just have to find what works for you.
As I was going through school, I really hated math. I was not ever good at it and now I am a math teacher. It is not that somewhere along the way, I became intelligent, it was that I could relate and in my experience, I was able to teach my students in a different way than what my teachers had done. My students think that I know everything, but I show them that sometimes I have to get help wtih math still.
2006-07-28 17:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by Kimberly S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teaching of math, or math/numbers oriented subjects does not make you any more or less intelligent than another person;
Assuming you believe in the ability to rate intelligence, such as through one of the many I.Q. tests out there, then you will find out that those who are intelligent can be intelligent in a variety of ways.
The standard aspect of determining high intelligence isn't based on knowledge, it's based on the ability to use logic and to puzzle things out. A good I.Q. test will test not your raw knowledge, but your ability to use logic to find the answer to the difficult questions.
Now, an english teacher and a math teacher, if compared side by side, will show that both are intelligent. Both require memory (all of those adjectives and nouns and sentence structuring, and heaven, the ability to have good grammar and punctuation...compared to someone who is remembering numbers and formulas and the proper way to calculate), both require logic, both require the ability to consider many variables.
It may be that you are good at certain subjects and not so good at others. You can decide how you want to work that. Some people (myself included) find that they are awful at math, but pretty good at communicating and at least average to above average on grammar/punctuation and spelling (if you see a spelling error, just disregard it, it's all in your mind).
And now for the bad news.
It may actually be that your not as smart as everyone else around you. Who knows. Don't even try to compare though, because there is no winning. The person who thinks that they are the best at something may be for awhile, but then someone is going to come along and show that this is not true, and this cycle continues forever.
Even if you are not as smart as everyone, that's ok. Find your talents, hone them, get good at them so that your the best at what your the best at. For everything else, work on it, you can always do your best and show others that you are doing your best. Be the most polite person, the humblest person, the person who has the most love to give, the person who knows movies more than anyone else, the person who can ride the pogo stick the longest...find your niche or niches and you'll be just fine.
Love as always,
Sebastian
2006-07-28 17:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by octo_boi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are specific subjects within which a teacher specializes and there are teachers that are primary teachers; trained to teach in all subjects. Then you can have teachers either teaching at the KG stages, Elementary stages or High school- depends where she feels she can cope effectively. I would say a teacher who can teach High school and University would have to be intelligent enough and know their work for sure. Teachers usually go into teaching because they love it but a teacher will specialize in a specific subject if she really loves it.
2006-08-03 02:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well....its really a debatable question. Frankly speaking, I don't believe a person or teacher possesses excellence in any particular subject is liable to be graded as the "Best" in all other topics too. One of my professors has tremendous ability in teaching English, but he knows nothing about general knowledge which is a demand of the time. I myself is so poor in maths, but never have suffered in banking accounting.....so intelligence may not depend upon mastering a particular subject.
2006-07-28 18:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by indraraj22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two main kinds of intelligence and that is crystallized and fluid. Think of it as IQ and EQ, the crystallized IQ is the ability to remember facts and formulas and the EQ stands for Emotional Quota. That is the fluid intelligence, the ability to take the IQ and present it in a way that others can connect to. It is best to have a good combination of both book smarts and street smarts.
The teachers that know the most information but cannot teach it to you are pretty much useless. You need both kinds of intelligence and they are equally valuable.
Perhaps you have a great deal of EQ. Most successful people in large organizations are higher in EQ than IQ.
2006-07-28 17:05:37 · answer #6 · answered by kid_flav 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A person teaching math is more intelligent in math, which means, they are just the same. It depends on how we define the meaning of intelligence.
2006-07-28 18:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Rommel R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, I'm a pretty intelligent person, and I totally SUCK at math. That's not my field. I am, however, totally fluent in Spanish, which IS my field. Just because I'm not good at math doesn't mean that I am less intelligent than the math teachers at my school. It just means that I'm not good at it. Just because the math teachers at my school don't understand Spanish doesn't mean that they're less intelligent, it just means that they don't understand Spanish. That's it. Knowledge of math does not make you intelligent!
2006-07-28 17:02:49 · answer #8 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's really kind of hard to say. Most people teach what interests them. You could be a major math whiz and end up being an art teacher, if that's what you want... Another thing to think about, which is more difficult, getting kids to learn rules, laws and concepts, like in math or science, or teaching them to reason, think for themselves, form their own educated, ubiased opinions, think critically etc...? Personally I think the latter would be much more difficult.
2006-07-28 17:02:27 · answer #9 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to think you really did not know how to word your question. 'ALL" teachers are worthy of being considered intelligent. "Smart" would seem to have been more appropriate. The answer is still "ALL' teachers are intelligent and smart. they are still human and do make mistakes. But are to be respected to the highest and discipline accordingly to the law when they break the law.
2006-07-28 19:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by MS Williams 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋