Upgraded Intelligence

We can measure our weight on a weighing scale, we can also measure our height on a scale, and we can measure our blood-sugar level and blood pressure level on various machines. Thus, the question that started the quest and startled many for more than 200 years, is finally conceptualized through various intellects and research viz their theory. It is finally organized in a way that led one to believe that it can be used to the extent of measuring a person’s intelligence. Today we know it as intelligence quotient or as most know it as, the IQ.

Intellects theories of Binet, Spearman, Gardner, Goleman, etc. are established on certain criteria’s and each person based their ideology around them, trying to understand and set parameters to test the IQ of masses at different levels.

The child while being admitted to schools or college has to go through written or verbal tests to make decisions if they are eligible to fit in or not, similarly after being admitted to a school/college the child has to pass various class assessments, semester exams, etc. so they can move on to the next level. The same goes for a person applying for a job has who has to go through various tests or interviews to understand his eligibility.

We are bound by this very traditional system that is built around us and inclined to follow the process set upon us without the audacity of challenging it or upgrading it. In the last few decade, the concept of white board, e-learning was a myth. I would like to propose that we should try and implement a new structure that would give the opportunity to various masses who are neglected or rejected by the traditional system but are intelligent in their own way. Of course we cannot say that all people are equal as their abilities are different and can never be at the same level, but we should at least try to think of the bigger picture to secure and improve the future of the upcoming generations, because as an educator we are the path they take, upon which can either lead them to a great success or a devastating failure.

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” – Albert Einstein