Issue 047 继续求大侠拍 被拍并进步着 谢谢

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Issue 047 society does not place enough emphasis in the intellect-that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills.

Nowadays, a debating over whether enough attention has been focused on intellect is increasing. Supporters argue that reasoning and other cognitive skills are neglected in daily life. While, the opponents hold the view that other abilities rather than intellectual factors should be reinforced. As my concern, I will give the evidence favoring the latter one and refuting the former one.

Intellect, especially IQ used more often, is over-emphasized in our society. Just think how we spent our first 30 years after birth--entrance exams to primary school, high school, college and numerous mid-and-final exams after entrance. What are these exams testing? Right! It's your IQ. It is even not over after graduation from college. Before taking a position in company, some tests lies in front of you; if you fail them--sorry, the company will turn you down. You may argue that IQ is not everything to complain your feeling of unfair. However, it is the rule! Another reason why intellect is thought to be more important than other factors such as leadership, virtues, passion and so on lie in that people with more knowledge are generally more productive and respected by others. Professors, engineers and financial experts, seldom of which do not have a PhD degree, earn very high salary and enjoy a high social status.

But, is intellect really so important as we thought? Or does IQ deserve obtaining so much worship? Definitely no! We know many people who do not own a degree of master or PhD but are very successful. Ruiming Zhang, CEO of Hair Corporation of China, who did not even graduate from primary school, has lead the firm into top 500 around the world. We can numerate lots of people like Mr. Zhang. Why these people were not found before they succeeded? Maybe one of the most important reasons is that intellect is easier to be observed than other talents (EQ as a general representative) which need some specific condition to show up. Leadership needs a special condition to shine. Cao Cao, one of the most famous figures in Chinese history, was thought to be at most a high level officer in peaceful time. But he made him an empire because he could explore all his gifts in wars.

Not only can EQ help us to succeed, it also plays a very important role in our daily life. When tackling problems in real world, as IQ calculates how many ways we can solve them, while, EQ decides which way should be adopted. IQ helps us to do things in a correct way, but EQ tells us what is correct to do. People lack of EQ may be very harmful to both himself and the society. The rising criminal rate in college, killing classmates and teachers with guns in particular, demonstrates that how dangerous people with high IQ but low EQ can be.

To sum up, intellect and other virtues as EQ are both important in terms of one's overall development. Without intellect, we can not make our survivor in modern society. Without EQ, the world will sink in chaos. As the ads of Suisse Credit propagandize (and I paraphrase): People are made of both rationality and emotions, talent and tenacity, logic and passions. We should strive to develop not only reasoning and other cognitive skills, but also the ability to lead, the heart to listen, the courage to stand with principles and the most important--a colorful inside world which could bridge the outside with virtues of human being.

写作速度一直提不上去，望大侠们不吝赐教如何提速。这篇issue花了小弟一个半小时...比龟腚多了一倍啊T_T