Intelligence - Multiple Intelligences

What is Intelligence?

What is intelligence?

What does it mean to thee?

What comes to mind instantly?

Somebody extremely clever?

(Who’s rarely right - Never!)

Someone very mentally smart

(but possibly not good at art!)

An awesome A+ student

(whose effort not always apparent)

Now read the following names:

Barack Obama

Mother Teresa

Pablo Picasso

Cristiano Ronaldo

Leonardo da Vinci

Please order them for me

in order of intelligence?

Starting with the cleverest

and ending with the dumbest!

A simple exercise

which might surprise!

In fact all are intelligent

in their own unique way!

(Have you look of dismay!)

Start with Barack Obama

The President of America.

An extremely gifted orator.

(A former State Senator)

Next Mother Teresa

A nun in Calcutta in India.

Also compassionate nurse

who treated some of worst.

Then Senor Pablo Picasso

A sculptor, painter and artist

(Founded movement Cubist)

Next Cristiano Ronaldo

Famous footballer from Portugal

who now plays for Real.

(Sold by Man U for record deal

of £80 mil)

Lastly Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance Man from Florence

Incredible inventor, scientist,

and painter of the Mona Lisa.

Hope you can clearly see

each is smart in their own way.

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Professor Gardner of Harvard -1983

invented Multiple Intelligences theory

for the likes of both you and me

I believe strongly - said he

eight intelligences there be

Intelligent linguistically

love words, reading and writing

talk articulately and eloquently

then word smart you are

like President of America - Obama

Intelligent logic-mathematically

great with sums and thinking step-by-step

love numbers 1 - infinity

then number smart you are

like Einstein or computer programmer

Intelligent visual-spatially

Can read a map naturally

or navigate quite easily

or paint a masterpiece stunningly

then picture smart you be

like Picasso or Leonardo da Vinci

Intelligent kinaesthetically

love to dance and play

move athletically and gracefully

then body smart you are

like Ronaldo or a ballet dancer.

Intelligent musically

passion for music and singing

can write a tune or play a melody

then music smart you are

like Elvis Presley or Shakira.

Intelligent interpersonally

great with people - mixing and mingling

connecting and caring socially

then people smart you are

like Princess Diana or Mother Teresa.

Intelligent intrapersonally

know yourself well

can sit in a library

work patiently and independently

then self-smart you be

just like me - Mr Ritchie!

Intelligent naturally

see patterns and relationships easily

between different living things

then nature smart you be

like a Professor of Zoology.

Now how smart you be?

If you have multiple intelligences 1 to 3

then how lucky you be

but if only one - then don’t worry

cos just possibly

a genius - you be.

So now you know

about Multiple Intelligences theory

and how smart you be

so instead of thinking

negatively and foolishly

how dumb is me

think positively and intelligently

Ritchie Fan