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Is Intelligence the Most Important Factor for Success?
by Mario Seiglie
ollege and university entrance exams, IQ
tests, grades, scholastic ranking: Educators make use of many
tools and methods to categorize students according to intelligence.
From primary school well into college and even into the job market, young people are faced with a barrage of tests to determine their intelligence. The underlying assumption, common to both schools and homes and constantly drummed into the minds of children, is that only the most intelligent are most successful in life.
Is this true? Are those born with natural, hereditary intelligence destined to be successful while others are doomed to failure? In school, when every child is classified according to his intelligence, some come to the conclusion that life is unfair, and success is determined by the inherited quality of brain matter.
Quite a few children who eventually come to the conclusion that they will never amount to much because their grades are below average, drop out of school in despair at ever contributing something worthwhile to society. Some may even let the resentment lead them into delinquent, destructive life-styles. They think they cannot succeed, so they set out to prove it.
On the other hand, others who are intellectually gifted think life is theirs for the taking. They are the proud possessors, according to tests and grades, of a superior intellect and therefore incorrectly assume they are bound to succeed.
What determines success in life?
Is success in life largely determined by the intelligence you were born with? What is intelligence, anyway, and how important is it in life?
Researchers who study intelligence have come up with startling results. Some 4-year-old children were subjected to a simple test to see if their future success could be accurately determined. The psychologist in charge took each one into a room and told the child, "You can have this marshmallow right now if you want. But, if you wait until I come back, I will give you another marshmallow."
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