Reply #14: A lot of people confuse education and intelligence [View All]

[skygazer]

I've known a lot of very intelligent people who had little education. And I've known a lot of highly educated people who weren't overly intelligent but who had a lot of specific knowledge in a particular area which they worked hard to get. And then there are people like Bush who have an education and are dumber than a box of rocks (apologies to all the rocks I've just offended).

I also know what you mean about that switch - I think its something a lot of smart women are familiar with. I spent my high school years deliberately trying to project myself as less intelligent than I was in order to avoid intimidating boys - a stupid thing to do, I eventually realized. :P

Sometimes it can be a defense mechanism, or a way to try to fit in with others. Whatever it is, I've never thought of you as less than intelligent. :hi: