The Vs. Education Is There A Correlation - 1572 Words

ntelligence vs Education: Is there a correlation? Intelligence comes from the latin verb intelligere which means to comprehend or perceive. Intelligence is a very difficult word to describe. The average person would just say that it s how smart you are. But what exactly does it mean to be smart? Is it how fast you can add, how could learn something, or what? If you asked a million from people you would probably get a million and one different answers.That s one of if not the main challenge in judging and evaluating education. Education is in its most basic form learning something. The origin of the word education comes from the Latin word Ä“ducÄ tiÃ…  which means (A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing) from Ä“dÃ… «cÃ…  (I educate, I train).†¦show more content†¦These days how much education you have and where you go to school is a the main focus. No job wants an employee who is substandard in their education, believing that the higher level education means more prod uctive and overall better employees. In a study conducted on teens in high school many of them reported being under stress mainly related to school. The statistics reported that 59% of the students said time managing is a somewhat or very significant stressor; 40% say they neglected responsibilities at home because of stress; 21% say they neglected work or school because of stress; 32% say they experience headaches because of stress; 26% report changes in sleeping habits; 26% report snapping at or being short with classmates or teammates when under stress. One student even commented The last two years in high school have been the most stressful for me and my friends, we have to do everything and be perfect for colleges and we have a big workload. Most of the time we talk about how stressed we are. (Sharon Jayson) With all this stress it isn t surprising that many teens turn to suicide, being the second leading cause of death in people ages 10-18. In 2013 the amount of teens who considered suicide was 13% while 5178 teens killed themselves in 2012 in the US alone. Although it is almost impossible to isolate the main reason why they did it most research points to academic stress and bullying. Madison Holleran who attended