Check out this article from Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015120749.htm
It's better in the longer run to have excellent social skills than high grades. Does this surprise you? 20 points extra credit for a well thought-out opinion of 5 sentences in this topic, posted here or emailed to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net...
I think it is better to have good social skills than good grades.If you have good social skills you will communicate with teachers and others better.This will enhance your learning process with in turn will cause your good grades.It harder to learn on your own out a book.So basicly to me grades are depended on social skills.
ReplyDeleteI dont think its better to have social skills rather than good grade.i feel this way because without your grades really nobody whos that important will be talking to you.social skills arent anything hard to come back on but your grades are so i suggest you work on them first!
ReplyDeleteSocial skills are highly important!!!! If you don't know how to behave in a social setting in can set you back very far. Even in high school the students who get along with their peers well usually do well, especially the ones who get along well with the authority figures. Good social skills are key when seeking advancement in any profession. An employer will not advance a person to the position of manager if they have bad social schools and cannot get along well with co workers. It's common sense. Nobody takes their rude friends to parties.
ReplyDeletei agree with the article. In a lot of cases it is not what you know it is who you know. i agree that do need good social skills to succeed because you can be an excellent student, but if that is all that you are and no one knows you, you wont get as far as the kid that is sociable and involved in activities. One other reason why i believe that a student should be sociable is because when it come time for college and other programs that you are interested in that needs recommendations, even if you are one of the smartest people in the school it wouldn't be easy to wright one for you. If no one ever got to know you and you weren't involved in anything they cant give you a good recommendation because they know nothing about you. in the same case if a student has lower grades than you and is very sociable needs one, they can write a lot because they know them, and they know there strengths not just there academics.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is better to have better social skills. The reason why i say this is because if there is something that you have missed or do not understand then your social skills will allow you to befriend a person who will be willing to help. Also it helps for interview processes for multiple situations. If you are looking to get into school and they require a interview then your skills of being a "people person" will allow you to pass the interview with flying colors and get into the college even if your grades are slightly underpar for there interests
ReplyDeleteIt is better to have social skills then to have good grades. Most of the jobs reached are because of networking people look out for people they know. For example when you go to college you are encourage to join a sorority. Later on in life when you enter the working world if some one notices that you are in the same greek house as them (doesn't have to be the same chapter)you would recieved the job or help you wished for.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't surprise me because in the business world we deal with people and you need to be able to communicate with them.Yes knowing what your doing is great but thats only half of it,to be great at what ever your doing you need to commmunicate with your fellow peers
ReplyDeletein my opinion neather of them will help someone out later on in there life. the reasons that i believe that are the following, sometimes grades are falsified by teachers. it may not be the right thinkg to do but it does happen. the point about social skills is a bunch of crap also. all you really need is to know the basics and then know how to hold a conversation like you know what you are talking about. nothing more is really needed. sorry if it sounds like im mad r something like that i just said what i believed.
ReplyDeleteI don't regard one higher than the other, but I do understand that social skills may be a tad bit more important. Communication is key in this technology-driven world. My grades could be great, but if I'm shy and reclusive then it doesn't mean much to a potential employer for work or anything. In some areas, it does play a factor. In others, it doesn't. But I assume if someone is smart, they would be shooting for a well-paying job, which will require social skills.
ReplyDeleteI think its good to have both because with social skills you can use it to meet people and interact with them, which can help you meet people that can open doors for you. so that once the doors are open you can show people your intelligence, and show that your more than a funny and social person you can prove that you have both. so to me them work hand and hand together.
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