How do you know if you are smart or dumb? Does it depend on your book smarts or your street smarts? If you get good grades in school, are you necessarily smart or are you just trying hard? Charlie Gordon was a mentally disabled 37 year old man. He believed that if he was smarter, he would have more friends. In many instances this is not the case. For example, think of a stereotypical nerd. A lot of “geeks” lack social skills because their brains are completely focused on all of their school work and do not have room to store social skills. This makes them socially awkward. On the other hand, the stereotypical “popular” crowd is dumb, but they have tons of friends. We think that it depends on the kind of atmosphere an intelligent person is in and the amount of social skills they have. It is difficult for a “nerd” to gain social skills when they are always being put down or bullied. Although some people think smart people have more friends, we think that it depends on the personalities and social skills of a person rather than their level of intelligence. Challenges are faced with both intelligent and mentally disabled people. One problem smart people face is that they are expected to know everything. They are asked questions about homework and classwork and sometimes they struggle to answer these. On the contrary, mentally disabled people have very obvious problems they have to face. Some of these problems include learning, making friends, and simple tasks the average person could complete with ease. Mentally disabled people have the brains of little kids, but they are treated like adults. It would be hard for anyone to learn if they had the mind of a toddler.
Lane, Aydon, Madeline
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