So remember before when I did a Sunflower Blogger Award post and one of the questions was "what is a common misconception about you" and I was like "that I'm a smart" and today I would like to discuss why I said that.
As everyone knows (or maybe not), there are two types of smart:
Book smart: knowing lots of "hard" words; being able to solve "hard" math problems; basically having the mental capacity to do pretty well in school
and
Common sense smart: knowing when to say something and when not to; stopping yourself from saying stupid things; figuring out how to use/do everyday things; basically having the mental capacity to communicate normally with humans of all ages and races
Now, book smarts are nice: you can get good grades in school, maybe make it to college, and get yourself a job interview. But the common sense smarts are great: you can get good friends in school, maybe make an impression in college, and get yourself a job. Basically, common sense is the part that matters.
And I don't have any common sense.
Like, seriously, I literally thank God that I have four more years with my parents, because if I were to be dropped into the real world right now, I wouldn't last two minutes.
I'm gullible. I'm highly influential (not good, because I'm easily influenced by my peers, not my parents). I'm anti-social. I'm awkward. I'm ignorant. I'm irrational. I'm defensive. I'm hasty. I'm pouty. I'm self-centered. Basically, where common sense concerned, I'm dumb.
And what I really wish is that people would stop lying to me about it. People are always saying "You're so smart, Olivia!" And then they completely contradict themselves. Like, every time I hang out with three or more people I know very well, it's usually like:
Me: *silence*
Them: Speak up, Olivia!
Me: *breathes*
Them: Omg, that is so stupid, what are you talking about, calm down, stop trying to defend yourself, that doesn't make sense, stop talking nonsense, where did you get that from, you don't know anything, just be quiet and chill out.
Like pretty much everything I try to say is complete stupidity. And I probably am exaggerating a bit, but I know that I do say stupid stuff often, and that I don't really have any common sense or instincts or people skills anything. BUT CAN PEOPLE JUST STOP LYING ABOUT IT??? I know that I'm ignorant and don't really know anything because I'm 13 so please stop saying that I'm smart because I'm not really and when I hear a compliment like that I get big-headed and then I end up saying stupid stuff.
So yeah. In summary: it is a misconception that I'm smart, because I'm actually one of the stupidest people I've met.
(Oh, great. I'm sure that after this post, me and my mom are gonna have one of those "long talks" where once again I'll be the ignorant one.)
As everyone knows (or maybe not), there are two types of smart:
Book smart: knowing lots of "hard" words; being able to solve "hard" math problems; basically having the mental capacity to do pretty well in school
and
Common sense smart: knowing when to say something and when not to; stopping yourself from saying stupid things; figuring out how to use/do everyday things; basically having the mental capacity to communicate normally with humans of all ages and races
Now, book smarts are nice: you can get good grades in school, maybe make it to college, and get yourself a job interview. But the common sense smarts are great: you can get good friends in school, maybe make an impression in college, and get yourself a job. Basically, common sense is the part that matters.
And I don't have any common sense.
Like, seriously, I literally thank God that I have four more years with my parents, because if I were to be dropped into the real world right now, I wouldn't last two minutes.
I'm gullible. I'm highly influential (not good, because I'm easily influenced by my peers, not my parents). I'm anti-social. I'm awkward. I'm ignorant. I'm irrational. I'm defensive. I'm hasty. I'm pouty. I'm self-centered. Basically, where common sense concerned, I'm dumb.
And what I really wish is that people would stop lying to me about it. People are always saying "You're so smart, Olivia!" And then they completely contradict themselves. Like, every time I hang out with three or more people I know very well, it's usually like:
Me: *silence*
Them: Speak up, Olivia!
Me: *breathes*
Them: Omg, that is so stupid, what are you talking about, calm down, stop trying to defend yourself, that doesn't make sense, stop talking nonsense, where did you get that from, you don't know anything, just be quiet and chill out.
Like pretty much everything I try to say is complete stupidity. And I probably am exaggerating a bit, but I know that I do say stupid stuff often, and that I don't really have any common sense or instincts or people skills anything. BUT CAN PEOPLE JUST STOP LYING ABOUT IT??? I know that I'm ignorant and don't really know anything because I'm 13 so please stop saying that I'm smart because I'm not really and when I hear a compliment like that I get big-headed and then I end up saying stupid stuff.
So yeah. In summary: it is a misconception that I'm smart, because I'm actually one of the stupidest people I've met.
(Oh, great. I'm sure that after this post, me and my mom are gonna have one of those "long talks" where once again I'll be the ignorant one.)
The exact thing happens to me. Oh my gosh someone who understands!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not alone! ;)
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