jocca said:
unfortunalty there is many guys out there who do settle for mediocrity.
You mean academically as the article pointed out? Of course! Why would I want to spend my time and energy on answering difficult math questions only to get a recognition in a form of a letter?
I take my creation and artwork very seriously, and I could spend hours perfecting them the way I like, but no way would I spend hours answering a math question which has no practical purpose in my life. I'd answer enough questions to get me a C.
The stupid boys being granted with popularity and status, where as the more overall intellectual ones were looked down upon (more then often due to their own social ineptness it should be said but you get the point). I still maintain that an intelligent man is of far more value and general intelligence than a female counterpart however due to females generally being about equally as booksmart but very street ignorant.
First, let's define intelligence. It's the ability to solve problems. as Robert Kiyosaki put it, and I agree with him. Dictionary definitions are not that far off this either. So, what kind of problems? Math problems? Physics? Problems are not just limited to academia, but also applies to real-world. If you have social problems, and you can't solve it, that means your social intelligence is lacking. Simple example.
These "stupid" kids are not at all stupid. They've got other kind of intelligence. They can't show it because the academic system doesn't allow different kinds of intelligence to show its brilliance. Did a school ever grant a scholarship to a kid who could do a backflip? I think that's quite an achievement to be able to backflip without landing head first. These boys are risking their health and sometimes life to achieve that, I think we should give them more props.
This article is very biased toward academic. It implies kids who aren't successful in school won't be successful in life. Go read about any successful man out there, and 9 out 10, he had started doing what he's doing now since he was very young, and 9 out of 10 occupations do not require you to be able to solve a calculus problem.