True Story

Intelligence, as i heard long back in school, biologically is governed by the convolutions of the brain.The predominant positive relativity between the two remains an interesting area of study.

The term intelligence describes a property of the mind comprehending related abilities
such as the capacities for abstract thought, reasoning, planning and problem solving, the use of language, and to learn.
This term is used extensively by parents/teachers while comparing.
Now who does not want their child to be THE intelligent one?

The question 'What governs it? ‘may not seek a perfect answer.
Here is something i would like to pen down for a read or maybe for my own self.

An average (or may be below average) student in school.
While giving her class 10 pre boards, found herself struggling through all subjects in a day.
Yes she was not the kind who would be studying days before the exam, just a day prior to it.
The results with this strategy tend to vary.
Generally there are subjects which see a smooth sail due to interest while few face a tornado.
So were these pre boards for her, the score for Maths, Science, Computers all landed somewhere below 55.
Made her the average student she was.

There is always a big fuss about the BOARDS coming.
Things for her and her classmates were no different.
Though she was not really a part of this race.
The atmosphere around her created a strange pull, for she noticed how life around her was dominated by board talks, ‘who could score and how much'.
The importance of a person was ruled by the expected score she/he could have.
That is to stress upon the fact that the person, who in all probability, will be the topper for the year -had her/his classmates idealizing her/him.
Strange as it all seemed the more she noticed the more evident it became.
A point arrived when she told herself, this is it,i want to be important.
She studied for her boards a little.
They went fine.

The results were due in July.
Class 11 admissions however started which were based upon the pre board score.
During her studies for the boards she realized that her inclination was the science subjects.
Driven by this inclination she decided to take them up.
The score from pre boards did not favor her.
None of the teachers approved of it, everyone seemed conscious of taking the risk of letting the school score go down.
However she stood by the decision she had made.
To break the tie, the school management thought of an entrance test for her.
If she clears the exam she would be allowed to take the subjects as her electives.
To everybody's surprise she cleared them.

Board results came, her score was 82.5%.
The tussle in getting the subjects she wanted had touched her deeply.
There was no looking back.
Class 11-Class 12 saw her score 97+ in all subjects, a clean sweep always.
She was suddenly the brightest among all the students, the intelligent one.

Did the brain convolutions just grew?
A thought to ponder - how did that happen?
A transition like this seems impossible.

It’s all in the mind.
The day you decide you can and you begin your journey towards it.
Is the day you become the 'intelligent' 'smart' 'genius' one.
The girl who scored so well in class 11-12, did not go to IIT nor is she working at Google but deep down inside she knows she can attain what she wants to,

I know it because I have lived it.