Satire Essay On Being Smart

Being smart sucks. Being smart is literally the worst thing ever. Ok not the worst thing, but it’s pretty close. Alright so it’s actually very near the bottom of the list when it comes to a world-wide consideration of injustices. But still, being smart sucks. The thing about being smart is that, often, everyone knows you’re smart. And when everyone knows you’re smart, you’re expected to continue to be smart. You are suddenly everyone else’s benchmark so when you have any sort of off day, people happily point out to you how well they did in comparison. Getting tests back is hell. The amount of times I’ve had other students snatch my test off my desk to compare grades is insane. When it’s better than they did, they usually scoff and toss it back. If it’s the same, they exhult quietly. If, god forbid, if it’s better, they’ll announce it.
For the week leading up!? I studied for 20 minutes last night and only missed four more questions than you!” But that’s crass. Hmmm…. And really the worst part about all of that is that intelligence isn’t some blanket term, applicable to all areas of education. There are so many different types of intelligence that really even tests, as black and white and emotionless as they are, cannot determine how smart someone is. Honestly, I’m actually not very good at math. I’ll still take the top level classes because my awfulness is quite relative to those top levels. I’m usually asking others for help and taking a while to understand and tests are horrid. But when you’re labeled with that oh-so-inclusive term ‘smart’, it’s expected that you’re good at everything. Which is ridiculous. I wouldn’t expect an amazing basketball player to be able to go out onto a tennis court and slam the