Multiple Intelligences



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 Everyone is out there in the world trying to be noticed. When your between the ages of 5 - 18yrs. you can only be noticed in certain ways within the educational institution. You can be the athlete, the class clown, the smart one in the class perhaps the teachers pet or even the popular one.

I didn't fit into the schools institutional mold of a "smart" student. I always thought differently. I misinterpreted instructions and went off on a totally different path for assignment then what the teacher expected me to do and couldn't understand why Sally's boring black and white statistical diagram got an ninety while my colourful poster only got a fifty . I was excited when I heard amount Gardner's Multiple intelligences, because I knew I was smart, just a different kind of smart that my teacher didn't notice (which is a real self esteem crusher when your a little kid). So I went to this web site and took the test to figure out what kind intelligence I possessed. http://www.businessballs.com/howardgardnermultipleintelligences.htm#multiple%20intelligences%20tests

What I discovered was that I had four types of intelligences all with close scores of each other. First and most strongest was interpersonal, then bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal and finally linguistic.

 Gardner also has an intelligence description which explains what type of learner you are and your preferred learning style, so for example interpersonal people who have a strong ability to relate to people prefer to learn by human contact, communications and cooperation, and team work. This is a contrast to my almost as strong intrapersonal intelligence which is self-awareness who's learning style is self-reflection and self discovery. Which explains why I like to work in groups but on some occasions it is just to overwhelming to work with other people.

I believe that no matter what your contribution to society is, whether you clean cars, sell cars or own the business of cars, it definitely worth while to learn about yourself and apply your strengths to your every day life.