do you think i am....?

Question

STUPID?
i am 14 and REALLY INTERESTED IN THINGS LIKE
racism, religon vs science
that type of stuff

BUT MY VOCAB AND KNOWLDGE ISNT AS HIGH AS SOMEONE WHO HAS ACTUALLY STUDIED ALL THESE THINGS

just becoz i am realllyy interest bt dont speak lyk an intelligent person does it make me "dumb"?

my spellings isnt atrocious
i just cant b botherd 2 type perfectly

thank u all sooo much
i reallly feel good bout myself now lol
btw i have read quite a lot of books e.g
the da vnci code (and all of dan browns books)

and quite am lot of controversial books aswell!
loool

bt then theres still that fun side of me lol

Answer 1

1.) Online, typing in all capitals is screaming. Please don't scream.

2.) Your grammar and spelling are closer to what I'd expect of an eight year old.

3.) 'becoz', 'lyk', and other such txtisms are inappropriate if you are looking to make a respectable impression. For txt messages, these are useful, between friends. In public, they should not be used unless you wish to be perceived as young, uneducated, and simple. I would never dream of using such shortenings if I needed to text my boss.

4.) Your interest is a good thing, and shows you're an intelligent person -- you are curious about the world around you. But before you can learn about abstracts like religion and science, you need to have a stable, solid foundation of English (or your native tongue) and math to build on.

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"i just cant b botherd 2 type perfectly"

If you cannot be bothered to put some effort into your public presentation, then do not complain when people comment on how young or uneducated you look.

Knowledge is the 'pearl of great price' as it were. Men and women have gone to insane lengths to aquire that next piece of knowledge. If you want knowledge, you must be willing to work for it, it will not fall into your lap.

Such an attitude taints your chances before you even leave the proverbial starting gate.

Answer 2

No amount of education will make you a better authority when it comes to asking or answering the really big questions in life.

Like when you ask: is there a God? I don't care whether or not a guy has 10 PhDs. He or she is no better at answering that then the next person.

And no, vocabulary isn't all that important either, but it will develop in time.

What matters is that you are looking at things differently than a lot of other people. You're holding ideas and concepts up to the light. You're making connections and seeking a deeper understanding of the world and of humankind.

Good luck and God Bless

Answer 3

No, you're not dumb at all. The desire to learn is a good thing, and R&S is just the place for it. If you want to sound better, I recommend using spell check. People tend not to take you seriously if you use texting phrases like "becoz", etc. But bad spelling isn't a sign of unintelligence. Read more often, and your spelling will get better.

Answer 4

You actually seem really smart. The problem is you have been SMSing way to much and reading way too few books. Take the time to self-educate. Read books, do the Reader's Digest vocabulary builder every month, concentrate on your studies and you will do very well. Then in your free time you can SMS a bit.

Answer 5

Rather than completing high school, Albert decided to apply directly to the ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Without a school certificate, he was required to take an entrance examination, which he did not pass, although he got exceptional marks in mathematics and physics.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Answer 6

Heh, most people will say that they have never met a more immature, care-free adult such as myself. I've also written three books, have a PhD, have tenure at a University, and have been recognized as one of the foremost Classicists on the East Coast.

Live, learn, and love at the beat of your own drummer. Let people think what they will. Only what you've done, and what you can look back on, matters.

Answer 7

You are not 'dumb'.

Anyone can improve their vocab: all you have to do is read some good literature and this will quickly help :)

Obviously you have a good brain, as you are interested in serious and thought provoking issues.

Read some good novels, some of the classics; you'll enjoy many of them :)

Answer 8

No,you are not dumb,buy yourself a great dictionary at Recycled Book store.When answering questions on this site,it says check spelling,if you click on it the right spelling should pop up,than click on it,try it.

Answer 9

No, if you have a true quest for knowledge you are definitely not dumb.

You will have to improve if you want to be taken seriously verbally in some situations. Reading a lot really helps.

Good luck.

Answer 10

Nope. You're only ignorant if you try to speak as an authority on things you haven't really studied yet.

Anyone who wants to learn shows their intelligence just by realizing they don't know everything.