Growing up, and even still today, I feel like the idea of being "smart" is very black or white. You either are...or you are not smart. And I just don't think it's that simple.
I feel there was a danger with labeling someone as smart in the education setting, which is a specific kind of smart. While you may not be "book smart", there are other areas where you may find passion and become incredibly "smart" in that field.
But the danger is being labeled as "not smart" so then you carry that story and that narrative with you for a very long time.
Do you relate?
One love.
