and why?
2007-03-01 05:10:15 · 12 answers · asked by kewlmocha1 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I quit school in the tenth grade, but have read about 3000 books in my life, I have a genius IQ.My father went to college but he read all the time and he had a genius IQ as well as my mother because they read a lot, covering a lot of subjects.You have to be interested in life.to learn about life.read up on what your interested in and that will lead you to something else then that will lead to something else, but you have to start somewhere.
I wish you the best.
But its like when I took welding at a technical school, its when you actually do the work at a job. is when you learn.experiance is the best teacher.
2007-03-01 05:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think indirectly. If you can read and never do, then it really doesn't matter. Reading makes a person smarter. You can read the newspaper and magazines that keep you informed about what is going on in the world. You can read fiction and use your imagination to make all those characters and locations alive. That will stimulate your brain. Plus there is social commentary in a lot of fiction also. I think being literate would mak a person more confident, which will make then interact with their world more therefore make them smarter. I think Yahoo answers has made me smarter, and I need to read to use this.
2007-03-01 13:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by apuleuis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't have to be the case, but often is. To be literate provides one with the opportunity to learn on their own, from all the great books in the world and to provide analysis for feedback in written form. However, if one were to be taught correctly and was diligent in their efforts, one could still be smart/smarter than many, even if they were illiterate.
2007-03-01 13:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All depends how one want to literate themselves. Change sometimes could be a good thing, then on other hand be a disaster in the makings. Going to far.
2007-03-01 13:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by Bluelady... 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Literate: educated, cultured, able to read and write.
Smart: mentally alert : bright : knowledgeable : witty, clever
No, just because you know how to read and write, does not mean that you know how to comprehend and it definitely does not mean that you are going to remember any of it!
2007-03-01 13:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you get a better understanding of human nature and you learn many new things. Your whole perspective on life changes when you get a higher education. Your mentality changes and you learn to be patient and controlles...But everybody is unique, so each person changes differently...
2007-03-01 13:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it does. i dont know how yopu can say it doesnt. The U.S. and other countries such as China and Japan all have very high literacy rates and guess what? We are the powerhouses of the world. Literate=Smart. End of story
2007-03-01 13:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by skeeter peter 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mocha,
No...it makes you an EDUCATED person.
There are tons of intelligent, capable people in the world that, for one reason or another are not educated or under-educated, therefore not literate.
2007-03-01 13:16:00 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfsburgh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes.......reading stimulates brain cell growth. It also enhances the use of your brain. so you will be able to think better and faster.
2007-03-01 13:14:02 · answer #9 · answered by Blonda 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't know I'm illiterate.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At7O3RhsIhGTg_GS5JnIN.bLxQt.?qid=20070301055730AAUb7OL
2007-03-01 13:16:38 · answer #10 · answered by Wonka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋