2006-10-13 06:19:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I agree that the question presupposes a sweeping generalization. There's no correlation between 'book smarts' and 'street smarts'. The objective of study is to gain a greater perspective that should lead to greater application of common sense. Nonetheless, a learned individual may not possess a great variety of personal experience that someone else may have, nor vice versa. Much comes down to the ability of the 'book smart' to connect the learned material to form proper judgments.
2006-10-13 06:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be true if the person spends all his time memorizing facts out of books, but if a person is book smart and also puts his knowledge to practical use then he will have some common sense. Common sense comes from tackling real problems. A true measure of intelligence is not how many facts a person knows but how to put those facts to use! A truely intelligent person will not sit and tell you how smart he is. He will quietly demonstrate with actions. He will acknowledge that he can still learn from someone else.
2006-10-13 06:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by stopmeifimwrong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think gaining book smarts makes you lose common sense. It's just that most people without common sense try to compensate with book smarts.
They know they aren't very smart, so they go to college to get a piece of paper that "proves" they are smart. Then, they look down their noses at anyone who doesn't have that piece of paper.
If you think that someone needs a formal education in order to be "smart," then you are one of those snobby idiots. All a degree proves is that mommy and daddy had enough money to send you off to party for four years while you maintained a D average.
You may be intelligent, but the piece of paper proves nothing. Don't look down your nose at people who don't have one.
2006-10-13 06:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by BillDict 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My sister is a smart *** and she has no common sense and cant figure things out on her own. I hate nerdy people and have no book smarts stuff and I have a lot of common sense
2006-10-13 06:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by * ♥ * ♥ W ♥ * ♥ * 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, it depends onthe person as well. You can have someone street and book smart and then you can have someone street-stupid and book-dumb. And then you can have the other combs. Everyone is differnt so it depends on whats going on.
2006-10-13 06:21:30 · answer #5 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that you know the knowledge that other people have dicoverd on their own, and that you havent taken the time to experiance it for yourself. You kinda get what Im saying?
2006-10-13 06:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by Brittney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That's a broad generalization, and most of those are not true.
2006-10-13 06:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!!!!
2006-10-13 06:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋