What is the meaning of being smart ? Remembering a lot of details or knowledge ? Doing well in school ? Getting straight As ? If you said "Yes, definitely, of course" or something like that, you are both correct and WRONG.
There are 2 levels of being "SMART", one of them is the "CLASSICAL SMART", which we all know and parents wants them so badly, another one is the "CREATOR SMART", which is extremely rare in a way and they can be easily demolished if they are not cherished.
Being "CLASSICAL SMART" in this case means they are good at academics and know how to score perfect grades. They are pretty good at following instructions and remember each steps and knowledge for their exams. There must be some "SMART KIDS" in the class who does extremely well, like he is the only one who passes the test. Problem is they only know what instructions to follow or what method to use, and they are stuck when there are no more tools available for them.
[image : Doraemon - Kisumgmi]
Being "CREATOR SMART" is not usually supported, obviously because that didn't help kids in their academics for most of the time, which most or some parents or teacher wants. But this kind of "SMARTNESS" opens new doors, invents new methods or sometimes a better solution to solve problems that cannot be solved before. Sometimes this kind of "ASSET" helps people to discover new topics , dimensions etc, so they can create something new from what they know or experience rather than taking materials only from exams and textbooks or reference books.
[image : Hello Neighbour - Inventor]
Being "CLASSICAL SMART" is like a machine, they accept commands and output a result, without any mistake. SMART KIDS go to class to accept knowledge and data for exams and the syllabus, and output great scores during exams, tests, finals etc.
Being "CREATOR SMART" is like an inventor or a creator, who create new solutions or commands for machines, although they may not be academically smart.
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Do you thing that you are smart ?
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