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          Intelligence is a concept that is most associated with knowledge that people gain from going to school. One can learn history, science and all sorts of information that may or may not be useful in everyday life. How does knowing the history of the Native Americans help you with everyday life skills? Does knowledge that is irreverent to a person’s career make him/her smarter?

            A person with an engineering degree should only need to know math and physics, and would be intelligent in his or her field of work. Why is it necessary for them to take classes that are irreverent to their degree? That such person may never use any knowledge of history or chemistry in which they spent time and money to gain knowledge on. This knowledge would be useless, and would not contribute to being an intelligent engineer.

            A person that wants to become a biologist may never need to know any information on classes such as English or a certain type of History. Does this make a more intelligent biologist? Any knowledge that is gained on other subjects does not help a biologist become a biologist, so why are these subjects necessary?

            A farmer needs to know a lot of things. He may need to know some biology, some chemistry and maybe a little bit of relevant history. Does proper English skills mean anything to a man who may work alone or with his family for most of his life?

            Many people may think that intelligence is something that only certain careers may take, but that is just a myth. Every career needs knowledge of subjects and different information that is relevant to the tasks that they do. Mechanics are usually portrayed as unintelligent people, because they may not have had to go to school to get the information they needed to get that job. But if they are good at their job, they are just as intelligent as a doctor who went to college for eight years. Also, if that doctor might lack some qualities that make him good at his job, the mechanic would be the most intelligent of the two.

Intelligence is built from experience. In farming, you gain more information and intelligence by being in the field working with a father or grandfather, or another farmer with experience, than you would by attending four years of college. It is a fact that some of the most successful farmers didn’t go to college.

In conclusion, knowledge that is relevant to your life is what I would call intelligence, not useless information that has no true meaning to your life. Intelligence also comes from experience, not necessarily a class.