GRADES DON’T MEASURE INTELLIGENCE.

Many times grades do not measure our intelligence. There are times when students have bad days, sick days or time suffering from text anxiety. All of these will affect exam grades, thus the grades cannot measure how we have mastered or our intelligence.

On the other hand, what about the individuals who cannot afford an education and do no know facts that seems basic to you? Do you also consider them as unintelligent students? They could happened to know more than anyone of us. For example a kid who has never been to school but has been helping out in the vegetables farm, will know everything related to planting vegetables, from identifying seeds to harvesting and the types of vegetables.

Everybody has different strengths and weaknesses. Some are good in Visual Arts, Science and English but they fail Mathematics test. However when this happens, many will perceive them as being less intelligent due to the one subject that has failed to score. If you cannot score A in your English paper, it is okay as you could be good at Mathematics. You can be an accountant in the future then. If you cannot score A in science paper, its fine. You could be good at drawing which will help you become Artist in the near future.

Grades limits us. Grades are important for our future especially when we are looking for jobs. This is because most people think that if you have good grades, you are smart.If you have low grades you are less intelligent. When people think this way, they are devaluing the person. Even so, everyone is good in their own way, just might not be academically. For example, you can excel in sports if you are gifted in sports like Asamoah Gyan, Mohammed Kudus, Thomas Partey, etc.These people might not be good academically but they can still be our role models in Sports.