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Originally posted by RahXephon at 2005-6-28 12:14 AM:
  u4 a9 K9 ~: W) ]0 k# y9 t我讚成政府在學術上可以分配多些資源去培育佢地，但要低調地進行，更不能忽略多方面的發展，這樣才可避免尖子變白子。

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( R+ c$ T4 N% t- l$ ^That's well said.
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- g  Q3 ^+ c. jIn my final year of high school there was this guy who's really a smart cookie. The result of the IQ test was about 140 and he was actually awarded a scholarship to Harvard. I had to admit I was pretty envious of this fellow. The guy took off to Boston with loads of scholarship $ in his truck.! _: T$ H3 v( N% W" r
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Two years into my undgraduate study, we heard of him again. His face didn't appear in the newspaper or somthing like that. But he dropped out of Harvard. What happened was he got there, studied really hard but managed to get a B at Harvard only. He got depressed and started drinking and party a lot. Eventaully he used up his scholarship $ and was asked to leave. 10 years has passed and he never even finished university.5 B7 k8 c, y' O! _$ z' y6 I
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Like a lot of us have stated, EQ is equally important as IQ (in my mind EQ is even more important). Success in professional life does not depend on how smart you are (unless you want to be a specialist within secret services). Most major co-op these days hire not the smartest people, but the ones with all around knowledge. For example, medical school these days dont' just look at your MCAT and undergrad degree (in US school system, an undergrad is entrance requirement for medicine), some choose applicants w/ business background instead of pharmacy. Specialty is important and IQ does play a role in one's success, but being able to apply your specific knowledge by adaptation is the most important skill in the next  20 yrs in career development. (I won't give away too much of these....will share more sometime in a new post..stay tuned )
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2 [0 P/ C* E# M* }' b2 K3 KTo those who has high IQs: don't congratualte youself too soon...stay humble and you will learn a lot more and see a lot more.
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& Y0 e2 [  X2 p2 h- _$ A. ITo those who has no so high IQs (including myself): good for you....the humility will make you more of a teachable student and will increase your motivation to learn....you can't boost up your IQs but you may catch things faster than those w/ high IQs.3 M: w$ D  ?  e/ N9 J% j* K, x

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