INTELLIGENCE DEPENDS ON PERSONAL BACKGROUND
We differ in
the speed with which we learn things and how we remember ideas. We also differ
in our ability to understand ideas and to solve problems. For example, some of
us can solve mathematical problems rapidly. Some of us quickly understand how machines
work. Still some of us can easily learn words or a foreign language. All these
abilities-and many more-are factors in what is called intelligence.There is no
acceptable definition of the word intelligence. But a person is considered intelligent
to the degree that he or she has the ability above.
Our intelligence
depend on heredity and environment. Every person is born with certain mental
capacity that influences how intelligent he or she will be an adult. The development
of this capacity is influenced by the person’s background. Severely undernourished
infants may be unable to develop their natural abilities. Similarly, children
who are beaten or ridiculed by their parents may become so upset that their
intellectual talents remain underdeveloped. Also, many children who face
discrimination because of their race or nationality also fail to develop their capacities
to the fullest extent possible. Other studies have shown that children have
been severely neglected or have received too little mental stimulation can
developed low intelligence.
The question
is what kind of intelligent do we need? Although creativity
and intelligent are related, some people of above-average intelligence do
poorly when facing with problems that are new to them.
The very
existence of autistic children-children who are of normal or high intelligence
but who are; largely unable to communicate with others-was unsuspected until a
few decades ago. People were, of course, aware that there were children who
were cut off from the world around them; but it was assumed that they were of
low intelligence.
Today autism
is a recognized condition. Autistic children have been closely observed, and it
has been noted that some of them display considerable artistic or mathematical
ability. Autistic children sometimes exhibit high level of automatic. They are
self-reliance and exhibit high level of divergent thinking or both divergent and convergent thinking.
The question
is: do you know the type of child you have? Are you a parent who likes beating
or ridiculing your children or other children? Are you a citizen who like discriminating others
children because of their race?
Change now and
move Ghana forward!
