Last week was report card week at Robeson High. As I walked into Stanley’s office, I was greeted by 4 to 5 girls sitting in his office frantically going over their report cards before parent teacher conference. As I sat in the office observing their faces. I saw that they were disappointed with at least one of the grades they got. While most of the girls averaged an 82% gpa, they were highly disappointed with their math grades which was dramatically off from their average of 90% in every other class. I couldn’t help but notice that these group of girls that came in and out of Stanley’s office were very passionate about their grades. It reminded me of when I was in high school and my friends and I used to proudly pass around our report cards to see who got the highest grades and gpa. I found myself starting to dislike their math teacher for giving them such a low/average grade after hearing what they got in other classes. It was obvious I was surrounded by a group of smart teenage girls who took pride in …show more content…
But before he does that, he emphasises that our society mainly use linguistic intelligence and logical mathematical intelligence to measure our true intelligence. But of course that falls short of our true knowledge because those aren’t the only source of intelligence we need in life to succeed. Gardner wrote this article to explain how he wants to change the school’s curriculum to adhere to a more realistic aptitude test. Many times our modern day use of test taking doesn’t benefit the future plumbers, sailors, basketball players, etc. But it mainly focuses on the typical professions like doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. Gardner wants a practical test that can help students find their strengths and weaknesses in all seven intelligences and explore their strengths so that students will be better knowledgeable about their future