• Question: do you thibk your smart?

    Asked by christalxo to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Gemma Sharp

      Gemma Sharp answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Hehe, sometimes!

      I think I’m pretty clever at some things, like picking up ideas quite quickly and being able to understand complex concepts and plan my project… But I don’t have much common sense, like sometimes if I’m chatting I don’t look when I cross the road, which isn’t very smart!

      My PE teacher used to call me Sharp by name not by nature. Needless to say, she didn’t like me much but the feeling was mutual!

    • Photo: Judith McCann

      Judith McCann answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      i like to think i am, but lack common sense. so i never do well in trivia quizes, i think my knowledge is abit too specific!!

      i dont tend to come across as clever, apparently i ask too many questions to seem smart-but if you dont ask, how do you learn more?

    • Photo: Aimé Fournier

      Aimé Fournier answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Sometimes. Smartness isn’t easy to define or measure. I can always solve all kinds of really difficult mathematics and physics problems, but if my little son is bothered about something, do I always know the most helpful thing to tell him?

    • Photo: Diana Samuel

      Diana Samuel answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      That’s probably the kind of question my supervisor should answer! I’m a pretty quick study – once I get the hang of something, it becomes second nature to me. I really like problem-solving too, which is good since I have to do a lot of that in my project! I think that learning is a big part of the process; before diving into the project, I had to read up on what other people had done and how they’d done it. As well as bringing you upto speed on the subject, it can help you to come up with your own ideas and devise new experiments that no one has done before.

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