Reading Response
Date: 1/23/07
Title: “What is Intelligence, Anyway?” by Isaac Asimov
Type of material:
Short non-fiction essay.
Where you got it:
Found it online at http://www.haverford.edu/writingprogram/Asimov.html
Why you picked it:
I’m interested in what makes people intelligence
Time reading:
Amount read:
10 minutes
All of it.
Response:
I didn’t find out what makes people intelligent, but I found out that Asimov thinks there are different kinds of intelligence.
In other words, some people are intelligent when it comes to reading and writing, and other people may be intelligent when it comes to using their hands.
I wonder if we can change our intelligence by practice?
Certainly, practice helps us get better at something, but does it increase our intelligence, whatever that is?
(75 words)
Title: “What is Intelligence, Anyway?” by Isaac Asimov
Type of material:
Short non-fiction essay.
Where you got it:
Found it online at http://www.haverford.edu/writingprogram/Asimov.html
Why you picked it:
I’m interested in what makes people intelligence
Time reading:
Amount read:
10 minutes
All of it.
Response:
I didn’t find out what makes people intelligent, but I found out that Asimov thinks there are different kinds of intelligence.
In other words, some people are intelligent when it comes to reading and writing, and other people may be intelligent when it comes to using their hands.
I wonder if we can change our intelligence by practice?
Certainly, practice helps us get better at something, but does it increase our intelligence, whatever that is?
(75 words)