Not Limiting but Liberating

 

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Mas gana baja kun kuyang?

Isn’t it funny when a group of people sees intelligence as some sort of a malfunction? Are they trying to point out that stupidity is better?

Intellectual functioning is determined by many factors. However, a primary source of this capacity is mental ability or "intelligence”. Intelligence refers to the ability to reason, plan, think, and communicate. These abilities allow us to solve problems, to learn, and to use good judgment.

When the ability to reason, arrive to a wise decision and think become difficult, it is understood that the person is having significant limitations in intellectual functioning. But with the aid of an adult or a professional, the limitations can then discarded to wider possibilities. Thus, the importance of education where holistic competencies are developed.

There is a long-held belief that average people are happier than smart people. Society, by statistical necessity, needs to focus on the majority and is therefore built and designed for "the average" (Jabeen, 2020). With this concept, there are those who grimace on intellectuals and accuse them of persecuting the average people by pushing them to their limits.

Harvard researchers emphasize the importance of cultivating intelligence, as they reinforce each other and lead to optimal brain and cognitive health. Because cognitive health is increasingly recognized as a key component of overall health and wellness (Bart et al., 2018).

A brain training activity doesn't always have to tedious and stressful. Much research has found that creative outlets like painting and other art forms, learning an instrument, doing expressive or autobiographical writing, and learning a language also can improve cognitive function based on a Harvard Health Publishing article.

It has been proven that learning poverty is happening at present especially in the local scene where result of large-scale assessments glaringly place us among the least learners.

This learning poverty will increase when people are not encouraged to think and learn. This will erode economy and values in the future.

It is NEVER a mistake to aim for intellectual development. Mediocrity which leads to stupidity is.