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To: Rippersnapper
This was an intelligent 18 year old.

I've known some highly intelligent people who had absolutely zero common sense or "street sense".

Not saying that is the case here, it's just that you can't always infer intelligence in all situations from GPA alone.

243 posted on 06/17/2005 4:32:24 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
I've known some highly intelligent people who had absolutely zero common sense or "street sense".

Not saying that is the case here, it's just that you can't always infer intelligence in all situations from GPA alone.

Sad but true. Here is the math:

Sly + Brute Force > High IQ + 4.0 GPA.

I have some advice for young ladies everywhere. Don't get drunk and run around with young men you don't know. Some of them are not nice people.

245 posted on 06/17/2005 4:39:28 AM PDT by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
I've known some highly intelligent people who had absolutely zero common sense or "street sense".

Not saying that is the case here, it's just that you can't always infer intelligence in all situations from GPA alone.

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that at all. What I was thinking is that so often kids think they are so smart. In this instance a parent can point out that this was not a 14 year old, but an intelligent 18 year old. Sometimes, one needs to use a different apporoach to get through to certain kids.

377 posted on 06/17/2005 8:53:21 AM PDT by Rippersnapper
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