aaronson:
well, let me admit this but usually its few and mostly the female gender, these set of people has the ability to adapt if you care to get them to learn because they already know the basics which facilitates learning and quick understanding and what is that basic? Good communication skill.

Admin401:


Are this really the types of intelligence you could come up with?

GrammarNazi1:

...these...types...

TonyeBarcanista:

Were you taught tenses, grammar, comprehension, writing etc in your native language? NO.

MissRaine69:

Being able to speak English is NOT a measure of intelligence. There are whole countries were English is not spoken at all and they have space programmes and very intelligent beings there. Thinking it is a measure of intelligence is a throw back to a colonial past that made us subservient to our own capabilities.

Admin401:


Are this really the types of intelligence you could come up with?

Shugavee:
reason for this thread!! English has nothing to do with intelligence. It’s a misguided misconception that needs to change.. English is not our mother tongue .

Nwamaka1419:
do you value English more than your native language

StylesX:
You don't understand me dear, i am the one disagreeing with the notion, i told her English is a measure of intelligence but she is disagreeing, maybe she can't speak English too.

Adiwana:
Mental Slavery is the worst form of Slavery. If you ever wanted to know why our ancestors were sold for a mirror,dont look too far.Just come on this thread and see evidence.Thats why practicing your tradition is considered an abomination but believing in the White man's Jesus's is true thing.smfh

Biglittlelois:



Since you think speaking English language is a form of mental slavery from the whites, kindly suggest to FG to let everyone speak and learn in their different native language, we'll then see how all of us can communicate with each other, dont bring religion here

Adiwana:


And when is speaking english a measure of intelligenceThere are thousands of languages in the whole world and you think speaking one makes you smarter than the next person.China do not speak English and where are they??They do everything,even code in Chinese and they are on top of the world

To too many dumb bleeps that care to listen and educate themselves should make a little research before thinking cause they command the language more than others they are more intelligent.Do you know that some of the words that is being taught today are mispronunciations on the part of Queen herself.Make a little research before elevating yourselves on the high level of ignorance

Biglittlelois:


I will overlook the insults and innuendos,

Now as you said, there are thousands of languges around the world, true, but i care less about them, the Chinese use an official language yes, but do you know they have different dialects? no you dont, but they agreed to use a particular one to make it official which worked for them till today.

In Nigeria, we have different languages, and some languages e.g. Yoruba, have different dialects, so please, school me if there is, but there is no language of ours that have words for codes and everything as you said, if you want us to start that, you can suggest it to FG to work on it, then they can decide on which language to use officially if other tribes will agree


I am open to other valid points, but to me, English may not necessarily be an 100% measure for intelligence, but it takes a higher percentage of 80%.

LuvSwollenPussy:
Intelligence dey different types. Book intelligence is different from common sense, common sense is different from being sensitive...all controlled by the brain though. Even d book intelligence is subdivided. A linguistic student can be good in speaking queen's English but olodo in maths or chemistry.

However if you find a lady who's a legend in her field, its most likely she'll have the kind of intelligence that makes a complementary wife bcus intelligence is not only hereditary, it's also borne of deep thoughts which many women lack.

Like most times in sch, while you see the guys sitting with their assignments by themselves, the ladies are always hopping from one guy to the other..."pls come help me do my assignment"..that's what you'll hear usually. You hardly find a do-it-yourself girl who does her stuffs and even help others...dem no dey.

Adiwana:



Maybe you got me all wrong.So many factors such as diversity determine why a single language is chosen as a national language.Never was I against that.But to say that someone who doesn't speak fluently or speak at all that national language is less intelligent than you is blatant ignorance


Leme break it down this way

My roomate in Uni had a GP of 4.85 in Mechanical Engr before he left to study abroad.Dude barely spoke his mother tongue.Infact I taught him what he knew so far in the language.But does the fact that he barely knew what "come" was in his native tongue take away what he did with Mechanical calculations?
Did it take away the fact that he was "intelligent" in others aspects of his studies??You answer that

Another example.Take a case scenario.
i am very good at mathematics,you are very good in English language.Can you take away my intelligence on the very fact that because I barely scratch through the surface of English,am not intelligent on the basis of Mathematics??If you think then because you speak and understand English as a language better than I do,then my question now is what is your definition of "intelligence"


I personally like spanish language.Can say a few things in it.but you cannot say because I barely speak it,am less intelligent than the average Spanish speaker.


French is an official language in Cameroon.Going by your logic,fluent speaking Cameroonians are 80% less intelligent than their Nigerian counterparts.


And again,I painted a picture of the Chinese. World power but they do everything in their language.How then are they 80% less intelligent than the average Brit or American

sykeng:
English can never be a yardstick for intelligence, what of those in the village that never attended any formal education, the way you handle things around you, one can tell if you are intelligent or not, even if you are a farmer or a fisher man you can always tell, there are some excellent speakers that still come to me ( average) for help on highly intellectual matters, if English is a measure of intelligence, then most slay queens would be glad.

Biglittlelois:
I love this thread, thought-provoking comments soo far, i'm here to learn


cc; onesentence

StylesX:


i told her English is a measure of intelligence but she is disagreeing, maybe she can't speak English too.

highpriestess:
Lalasticlala we have an intelligent topic here please, do the needful.

Adiwana:
Mental Slavery is the worst form of Slavery. If you ever wanted to know why our ancestors were sold for a mirror,dont look too far.Just come on this thread and see evidence.Thats why practicing your tradition is considered an abomination but believing in the White man's Jesus's is true thing.smfh

konkonbilo:
"the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills". These the definition of intelligence from google.

Medical Definition of intelligence. 1a : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. b : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests).

I wonder why people then measure fleuncy in English as a form of intelligence..

MissRaine69:

Being able to speak English is NOT a measure of intelligence. There are whole countries were English is not spoken at all and they have space programmes and very intelligent beings there. Thinking it is a measure of intelligence is a throw back to a colonial past that made us subservient to our own capabilities.