Do people automatically lose intelligence over time? I'm concerned that I'm not as smart as I was previously. What should I do to to rectify this situation?
2007-09-04 14:19:19 · 8 answers · asked by jw9887 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
When basketball players enter the NBA, they probably don't feel like they're as good at basketball as they used to. You've immersed yourself into a more highly academic environment. No surprise.
Read everything you can get your hands on. That will never fail you.
2007-09-04 14:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by Buying is Voting 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way - you would definitely not have gotten into college if you weren't smart. College is definitely a humbling experience. You learn fast that there are many people out there that are just as smart, if not smarter than you. But frankly I learned to use it as an opportunity to grow as a person. Develop new ways of studying, talk to your professors about their expectations, get a group of friends together to study... there are so many resources available to you in a college setting, and frankly most of the "smart" kids who never take advantage of them are the dumb ones IMHO. You should know that you were accepted into your school because not only are you intelligent, but you have an intelligence that is entirely unique to you. The beaty of college is finding out more about who you are, how you learn, and how you can learn from the people around you..
2007-09-04 15:44:50 · answer #2 · answered by dolce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are just as smart - you just have more competition and teachers with a LOT more education than you.
Everyone feels that way at times.
Be sure to take care of yourself physically [ diet, exercise, sleep, vitamins ].
Do something fun for a little bit every day.
Talk to family or friends on phone or computer.
Pray!
PS: I felt really dumb - after a BSN and MS, I had emergency brain surgery - but a year later my IQ was exactly what it had been in high school 20 years before.
I took an online test again recently [ 33 years out of high school, after the brain surgery and chemotherapy ] and it's still the same.
2007-09-04 14:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nurse Susan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I felt the same way you did. I had a 3.6, graduating with Honors in high school, but I graduated from college with a 2.3. I don't think you're less smart. It's just that college is more challenging, & you have to spit up the course material, rather than the teacher spoon-feeding you in high school. It's just an adjustment phase. I'm a college grad that returned back to school, & I'm STILL not adjusted, after all these years. So yeah, in college, you have to think harder & do a whole lot more research & essays, rather than T/F, fill-in-the-blank, & multiple choice exams.
***During my freshman year in college, we had a diagnostic essay to write on whether or not high school adequately prepared us for college. & my argument was NO because we basically sat in class, doing NOTHING in classes in high school, while in college, the professors lecture the whole time & then we go home & do a lot of reading & research.
Good luck!
2007-09-04 14:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You aren't any less smart, you are merely in a different and more challenging environment. It's part of growing and learning. High school is your basics and your environment there isn't as highly concentrated on your future as college. College classes and professors expect you to stand up and be ready to face your future. College is serious stuff. In high school you spent too much time on how popular you were. Take you time, study, and learn to prepare yourself for your real future. It will all come around.
2007-09-04 14:34:10 · answer #5 · answered by dawnb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've found that the more educated you become, the more you realize how much you (and other people) don't know.
To put it another way, when you are young and ignorant, you think you know everything, but as you grow in wisdom, you realize how much you don't.
So you are right to feel the way you do. Ironically it means you are getting wiser, not the opposite.
2007-09-04 14:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
most kids in college brag about their knowledge, some talk a lot in classes , i remember how disappointed i was in myself the first semester but now after three years of being in college i assure you that they are the ones who get all the Cs and Ds. they either want to attracts the profs attention or their friends, bfs, or g.f.s.
don't let them get into you!
2007-09-04 14:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by Zara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because college is a place where every stupid idea is accepted
post college is reality
2007-09-04 15:08:09 · answer #8 · answered by Bill N 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋