Teachers often say that children are all equally smart when they are born, they are all a blank piece of paper. Is this true?

Foreword

It is right that children are born with a blank slate. In the beginning, human nature is inherently good. This is an old saying. However, they are all equally smart. Obviously this is a chicken soup from the teacher. There is still a difference in intelligence between people. This is called talent. Some people are gifted, but some people have mediocre qualifications. There are also None of the people have mediocre qualifications, but they still conform to the true distribution, which means that people with mediocre qualifications are the majority in society, while geniuses and imbeciles are only a minority in society. However, this is enough to show that children are born with It's wrong to say that everyone is equally smart. It's just chicken soup.

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Everyone knows Einstein’s famous saying: Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration. So many people are convinced that genius comes from hard work. However, Einstein's original words are: Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration, plus one percent inspiration, and the main thing is that one percent inspiration. Plus the second half of the sentence is another story. The first sentence is to encourage us to work hard, because hard work can become a genius. However, in fact, even if most people work very hard, they cannot be as powerful as Einstein. They can do it just by relying on their brain imagination. Being able to propose the theory of relativity is something that ordinary people can never achieve. This is the function of talent. However, not everyone has this talent, because most people have mediocre qualifications.

Moreover, the intelligence level of a child at birth is also affected by the genes of his parents. We have all read the story of the "ugly duckling", which is very inspiring. The ugly duckling turned into a white swan through his own efforts. This story has been interpreted by us. Because as long as we work hard, we can succeed, but we have overlooked one point. The ugly duckling is originally a white swan. He has the genes of a white swan. Even if he does not work hard, he will still be a white swan when he grows up. This is the function of genes. Similarly, excellent genes have the same impact on children's intelligence. If parents have excellent genes, their children will most likely have excellent intelligence. Studies have shown that children born from close relatives have a higher probability of disease, while imbecile children have a higher probability of developing diseases. The probability is higher because the genetic similarity between close relatives is very high and it is easier to induce some dominant genes. This also shows that children are born with different intelligence levels and not all are the same.

There is also a story about "hurting Zhongyong". It is said that there was a child named Zhongyong who could write very good poems when he was very young. Everyone praised him as a genius, so he His father dragged him to make money all day long. In the end, because he delayed his studies the day after tomorrow, he disappeared from everyone and became an ordinary person. This story tells us that we should work hard, but in fact, if we think about it carefully, this story has nothing to do with Einstein. That sentence has the same purpose. He has talent, and hard work can make him better and become more powerful, but due to lack of hard work, he becomes an ordinary person. Doesn't this illustrate the importance of talent? How can we say that everyone has the same intelligence level if they are talented but they are not on the same platform?

Summary

In general, talent is very important, and everyone’s talent is different and not all the same. The level of intelligence is like a blank piece of paper. Who knows? The harder you work the day after tomorrow, the higher your intelligence level will be. Just like a blank piece of paper, it is suitable in terms of character, but it is a bit far-fetched to use it in terms of intelligence.

However, as mentioned before, intelligence is in line with the normal distribution. Geniuses and fools are both in a small number, and most people have mediocre qualifications. When the qualifications are the same or similar, teachers are used to encourage them. Of course, students can do it, but they have to have a clear understanding. It’s not like the teacher says that you are equally smart, but it’s just because of different efforts, that you are so powerful, because you work harder than me! It would be bad to fall into such a misunderstanding.