To: altura
I think Hillary and Bill are both smart but not grounded or intelligent.
I need to come up with a good term for 'practical intelligence'. I was just talking about this tonight. A friend's daughter was always very smart in high school, valedictorian, all AP classes, etc. I thought she'd go far. Yet, she's changing majors often in college, likely to get a useless liberal arts degree, and then some low-paying job based on that degree. She's 'smart', but not.....what's the best phrase or word for that?
2,905 posted on
01/24/2008 10:16:50 PM PST by
CottonBall
(The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 ))
To: CottonBall
Sounds like she is not street smart...how to survive, how to make it in the world and get ahead...
To: CottonBall
'...She's 'smart', but not.....what's the best phrase or word for that?....."
Educated, but not wise. Wisdom is a gift from the Lord, and is given to those who seek Him.
2,957 posted on
01/24/2008 10:37:59 PM PST by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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