By: TD, Jacob, and Cassidy

Do you think intelligence is overrated?  Many people who are very smart can be mistaken for nerds, but that is not always the case.  Being smart doesn't really change the number of friends you have in most cases.  People with above average grades can have difficulties.  They may think that they have friends, but the "friends" are just being nice because they want to get good grades.  If people are very smart, we believe that they can have little or no common sense.  Also, they can get very bored because the grade/ elementary school are not challenging enough for them, or they are not getting the learning that they need.  Smart people could have many problems later in life when they are too smart for the people around them.  People that may focus too much on grades, may have some difficulties with making friends.  Also, they may be anti-social, or have problems with being social.  Some people may have problems, but they may not be life long.  Unlike Charlie in "Flowers for Algernon," he has life long issues to deal with.  He has problems with making friends because of his mental disabilities.  Smart people, and people with mental disabilities both have problems, but they are not the same.  Smart people can have the same number of friends as someone who is dumb.  Smart people have to face the fact of being super smart and not having the common sense needed in life.  Dumb people have to face the fact of being dumb or getting bad grades and getting in trouble lots.  People with mental disabilities have to face the issues of having the troubles of not being able to make friends.  In all, everyone has difficulties that are all different.