Colorado Technical University

Do grades really matter to the successfulness of your life or is it just a standard scale of intelligence?

Yes I know I posted this twice, but only because I'm unsure where it goes. After reading all these websites, http://www.macleans.ca/education/postsecondary/article.jsp?content=20070910_109139_109139 http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/fdtd-g.htm http://www.pennylicious.com/2006/10/09/billionaire-dropouts/ http://lifehacker.com/software/students/why-you-dont-have-to-get-straight-as-in-college-329717.php http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/24/bad-grades/ http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm and reading neurological, sociological, psycological blogs. Which do you suppose ending up successful? The CEO, professors, theorists, or the creative emotionally intelligent obessesed people that consider other subjects obselete to their future career success? It all comes down to the fundamental level of learning motive and the continous need of the knowledge from irregular abstract resources doesn't it? Necessity is the mother of invention, I suppose. Someone who is willing to work hard enough to get good grades is probably going to work hard enough to be successful in life and have the intelligence to do it. It's really about working smart, and not hard, as you see many entrenpeuteurs don't follow the standard path which everyone follows, they don't have that motive to change the world, yet they may suceed in their career, however, suceeding in careers, don't make you well known or really happy, does it? I agree to never give up on your dreams. If you read the articles above, you will see the perspectives, of why grading doesn't show your potential or how your qualities which help you suceed like EQ, emotional quotient, or SQ social quotient, both suppress IQ, I believe. http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At73uqt1k.VfygA4F1QcSNvAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071208102323AA4K6Vi

Public Comments

1. Neither. Getting good grades is a measure of how hard you work as well as a measure of intelligence. Someone who is willing to work hard enough to get good grades is probably going to work hard enough to be successful in life and have the intelligence to do it.
2. in life there is only onething people want to know and that includes where u might work they want to know if your intelligent so i think your grades matter but i have one advice for never give up on your dreams it is your wish to make itn to the top
3. High School grades matter as far as getting into college goes. The only reason college grades matter (so long as you're passing and can graduate) is for grad school or your first few jobs after college. Employers generally view grades as a measure of dedication and hard working-ness, which is a generally reasonable assumption to make.
4. Grades are subjective evaluation. Follow your lead. The question you asked seem to have been researched well. I think you know what you want to do. Good-luck, depend on your own self for this personal answer.