Or at least, that’s what a professor told us the other day. I twitted about it and, as I promised, I am blogging right now about it. But let’s start from square 1.

I am a Computer Science student and my department allows its students to follow some courses from other departments.  By making use of that allowance, I chose to follow “Education and social inequities”. I went to the fifth lecture and I was expecting to listen about.. education and social inequities. However, what the professor told is that “all people are equally stupid” (or smart, doesn’t really matter). According to sociologists IQ doesn’t exist and what makes someone more capable from someone else is his enviroment. In addition to that, every single person is capable of doing everything and what has stopped him is only his enviroment. She also gave as an example where 2 twin brothers were given to different parents after their birth and they grew up with completely different ways. One of them happened to be smarter than the other one.

I have a counter example.. Michael and Ralf Schumacher. They are brothers, they grew up together, in the same enviroment, same moral support from their parents, etc etc. They also happened to love the same thing, car driving. Both of them, made it to Formula 1 world. However, one of them is the most successfull driver in F1’s history while the other one has never won a title. By that, I am not proving that IQ or talents exist but I simply prove that there are many many many more things that play certain role in developing an ability.

I accept that IQ is not something that we know where it comes from. We don’t have proved that it really exists but there are effects that we suspect that have something to do with “brain superiority”. However, we don’t have fully understand how our brain works so saying that “IQ does not exist, skills do not exist, talents do not exist” is at least immature. Especially when it comes from a professor in a room fully packed with students..

[photo via flickr.com, user: Kyle Jones]

My university informed the students that classes are about to begin in the 1st of October. As it seems, somebody forgot to inform the professors. This week, I had 5 classes. Guess how many did actually take place. Two, only two.

The other professors though that they should not start this week. Why? Because.. And that would have been fine, if they had decide to let students know on time. Going to university, while there is a rain out there, is not my favourite thing. Realizing that there is an announcement posted in the board saying “Classes will start next week” is really frustrating.

It would be easier if they could send a very simple e-mail. For God’s sake, we are a Computer Science department, please, start using your e-mail account. Why they waste MY time? Why nobody seems to respect me? After all, behaviour breeds behaviour.

Don’t waste your time, but most important, don’t ever waste somebody’s else time..

[photo via flickr.com, user tonivc]