18 Ways to Showcase Your Intelligence

“Algebra is critically important because it is often viewed as a gatekeeper to higher-level mathematics and it’s a required course for virtually every postsecondary school program,” he says. The first year of algebra is a prerequisite for all higher-level math: geometry, algebra II, trigonometry, and calculus.

Algebra is an important life skill worth understanding well. It moves us beyond basic math and prepares us for statistics and calculus. It is useful for many jobs some of which a student may enter as a second career. Algebra is useful around the house and in analyzing information in the news.

Here are Brodkey’s top ten tips for performing well in math.

1. Do all of the homework.
2. Fight not to miss class.
3. Find a friend to be your study partner.
4. Establish a good relationship with the teacher.
5. Analyze and understand every mistake.
6. Get help fast.
7. Don’t swallow your questions.
8. Basic skills are essential.

How to speak with elegance:

1. Smile often and make eye contact.
2. Speak clearly and avoid using slang that isn’t familiar to the people you are talking to.
3. Avoid being a drama queen.
4. Don’t constantly brag about yourself.
5. Don’t provide too much personal information.
6. Be a good conversationalist.

1. Amp up your people skills.
2. Make a good first impression.
3. Ask thought-provoking questions.
4. Be skilled at making small talk.
5. Keep something to read handy.
6. Dress for success.
7. Use hand gestures to emphasize key points.
8. Wear glasses.

10 Ways to Appear Smarter Than You Are

1. Debunk one thing. Pick a faddish topic or a current news story—maybe one that’s spreading like wildfire through your feed.
2. Wear glasses. It seems very silly, but it really works.
3. Boost your vocab.
4. Teach yourself stuff.
5. Write simply.
6. Speak well.
7. Skip the drink.
8. Use your middle initial.

Both men and women were able to accurately evaluate the intelligence of men by viewing facial photographs. Faces that are perceived as highly intelligent are rather prolonged with a broader distance between the eyes, a larger nose, a slight upturn to the corners of the mouth, and a sharper, pointing, less rounded chin.

Studies have suggested that gifted people often have terrible handwriting because their brains are working faster than their hands.

Most doctors’ handwriting gets worse over the course of the day as those small hand muscles get overworked, says Asher Goldstein, MD, pain management doctor with Genesis Pain Centers in the tri-state area. Communication between doctors is important, too.

Emotional intelligence is now seen as a more accurate measure of a person’s overall intelligence rather than IQ. Writers score high on the EQ scale as writing gives them the ability to be perceptive towards not only their own emotions but that of others as well. Moreover, writers are used to continual self-analysis.

10 Signs Someone Is Smarter Than You

• They don’t talk as much as you do, because they know they got smart by listening.
• They know lots of things other than what they’re specialised in.
• They juggle home, work and personal interests with dexterity and never fall back on the tired old refrain about “work life balance”.
• They probably do social media.