it might be stupid to ask but i asked
2006-09-25 15:23:09 · 17 answers · asked by alextacy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Street smarts--You lived it
Book smarts--You have read about it
2006-09-25 15:25:06 · answer #1 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Streetsmart is knowing how to live and handle yourself on the street. It is usually learned by personal experience, word of mouth, and observation of the behavior of others in the same situation. Often difficult circumstances, such as homelessness, can put a person on the street where they must learn how to survive.
Booksmart is knowing information which is contained books so that it can be applied to life situations. A booksmart person may have read a book on how to build something, how to repair a car, how to decorate a room, etc. This knowledge can them be applied to specific situations. Still, a booksmart person needs to have experience to be successful, because there are always unpredictable circumstances which may arise.
2006-09-25 15:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Songbird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be street smart is to be knowledgeable about things life in general. Someone street smart might know the best way to go about doing things, what people mean when they say or do certain things, etc. Someone who is bookstore knows a lot of information (usually academic), it's the type of "-smart" that is associated with getting good grades.
2006-09-25 15:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Book smart is you have a lot of information, but without street smarts you have no common sense. You might know what the square root of a 6 digit number is but you're contemplating the answer while walking down a dark alley in a bad neighborhood.
2006-09-25 15:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Book smart comes from reading and school education. Street smart is from things you learn on the street. Things not taught in books or school. About everything in general about life.
2006-09-25 15:26:30 · answer #5 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who read and understand books, are booksmart. People who can read on the streets are streetsmart.
Actually booksmart comes from reading, comprehending, and remembering what you read in books. People who are steetsmart know what they know from living; they can understand and survive on the street.
2006-09-25 15:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by Annamaria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Street smart is real life lessons, learned the hard way ! Book smart is someone else telling you there life lessons, Which you would probably not pay any attention to anyway !
2006-09-25 15:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by g_man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Street smart is when you learn by experience and from people in working class, tough urban environments. Much street smarts you learn for yourself, the hard way.
Book smart is knowledge acquired by reading, listening sometimes, knowledge which is for the most part theoretical, untested.
2006-09-25 15:26:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common sense... knowing how to live, work, the way things are run.
booksmart just means that.. knowing lot's of stuff that comes out of the text book.
2006-09-25 15:24:46 · answer #9 · answered by kvsmiller 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Street smarts means that you know how to handle yourself in the streets, you can make out when someone is putting one on you, you can defend yourself against anything in the streets.
Booksmart means that you study, you know the material in books, in all it means that you are educated.
one is being mean and rough and the other educated.
2006-09-25 15:27:28 · answer #10 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋