Is "English" a criteria for "intelligence?."
We were having lectures on Saturday; People's communication skills, to be precised, the lecturer taught on; as we sat still; listening keenly to the words she uttered. Still during the process of lecturing us, she listed and explained different listening skills, on and on; she went, until she mentioned something, something that made my mind reflect back to my secondary school days.
She said and I quote: "It's not all scientists that knows how to speak English"
But it doesn't mean that you should laugh at them whenever they speak an improper English.
She sighted and example; using a doctor as a point of reference.
She said and I quote: "If a doctor is prescribing drugs for you, even if the doctor isn't speaking fluently or prolly speaking incoherently, does that mean you wouldn't listen to what he/she has to say?"
Honestly, I'm fond of judging people's brilliancy through the way they speak and most especially; the way they type on social media.
Sometimes, whenever I hear a person speak in reality, it's mostly so different from how he/she chats on the media.
Back then in secondary school, there was this teacher my classmates and I were fond of laughing at; she was always speaking way out of proportion.
She'll say things like: you're a person, I am a people.
We always laughed so hard during her classes, infact we saved an exercise book; just for writing or penning down her grammatical mistakes.
Well that was just a little digression.
English is a general language, but the fact is that; a person's brilliancy shouldn't be directed only to people with great skills when it comes to writing in English.
This year, and my conversation with some people; made me understand that; some people are just not good enough when it comes to portraying or converting their thoughts into words, I was also made to understand that; because they are unable to do this; doesn't literally mean that they aren't brilliant.
There was a time like that when i had a chat with a male friend, this chat led us into meeting with eachother.
From our chats, I felt quite disgusted, I had this mentality that he just wasn't brilliant especially since he didn't know how well to relay his thoughts into words.
But...
When I finally saw him, things completely changed, he spoke so brilliantly in person, he was good in maths, he loved science so much...and so much more.
I was beyond shocked, I kept asking myself rhetorically:
"Is this the same person I usually chat with on the media? Or perhaps his twin"
To wrap it all up and in conclusion; In some cases, English shouldn't be use as a criteria to determine or weigh intelligence.
I feel that English is a great language, but the truth is that; not everyone knows how to write English fluently, but it doesn't still make them less of themselves.
I'm not also that fluent in speaking or writing in English, I guess that's why technology is making it easier by introducing apps like grammarly.
Well...
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I will say English isn't a true test of knowledge. I grew up in an environment where people didn't value English much, so most times it was Yoruba we all spoke and pidgin. We all felt English was meant for school and so should remain there. But in our midst were brilliant people. If you find any of us at home, you will shove us away.. But when it comes to activity in school, we will surprise you.