Are University Students Gifted or Smarter than the Rest of the Population?
By Lance Winslow Where are all the gifted intellectual people? Are they in our colleges and universities or research and development groups? Perhaps a large percentage of the gifted intellectual humans will end up in places like this, but not all of them. Are university students more gifted or smarter than the rest of the population? Well, individually they may or may not be, but as a percentage there are probably more gifted intellectual people in our colleges and universities than the percentage in the general population. Recently our online think tank took up this topic with a student from the University of Colorado; who posed this very serious question. Well if we look at the facts there are many issues to consider. Regarding University of Colorado. Yes, well depending where you are, lets say Boulder for instance then yes some top students do go there from all over the world and the top tier students from Colorado. Really, someone’s grades in High School, which is a big part of admission requirements or acceptance, would mean they are good at rote memorization, which is a form of intelligence right? And when humans are young they have excellent recall and can stuff lots of information up there in their heads. Does this mean they are smart? Hmm? You know I have competed in business against top MBA students from Harvard, Yale, Stanford and kicked their butts in marketing, customer service, market share and just about any measurement matrix. What I have found is the connections they make there with associates, fraternities, helps them far more than the business acumen they receive. In fact most make some horrific business decisions and actually quite predicable too. They seem to have read all the right books, but not really grasped the concepts of "Grinding it Out", "Franchising for Dummies" or "Start Small Finish Big" and not understood the real game involved. Bill Gates said it best a few times; How do we know tomorrow some garage start-up will not come along and clean our clock? I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple, to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you. “Lance Winslow” - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/ Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lance_Winslow http://EzineArticles.com/?Are-University-Students-Gifted-or-Smarter-than-the-Rest-of-the-Population?&id=439502 no fax instant loans paycheck stub unsecured bad credit loan fast cash massachusetts
