In today's society the main goal of the average parent is to make sure their child does very well in school. Given that the basic grading scheme is "A" for excellent and "F" for failure, can you use it to measure someone's intelligence? How many of the A grades you got in school helped you in your work today? Has finding the “x” or finding the Pythagorean Theorem helped you figure out what to say at your big marketing meeting? Growing up, society taught us that to get a job you needed to get a degree and to get that degree you needed good grades, but do grades really matter? Does getting that letter grade on the final exam really define your future and your way of thinking? How can we believe a company that tells us that natural beauty is everything, yet applies makeup and Photoshop to a model to make her “perfect”. Society is quite biased, so how can this society define your brain's understanding and intellect based on your performance in school? Although the author agrees that qualifications are needed to get hired in a job, an individual's intelligence cannot be measured by the amount of good grades, certificates and diplomas he or she possesses. According to Webster's Dictionary, intelligence is defined as a person who has the ability to not only acquire, but also apply the knowledge and skills they have to everyday life. However, graded exams don't test our intelligence, they test our ability to memorize and show our work ethic and determination. Students usually don't apply what they learn in school to real life unless they plan to work in that field. (Gardner, Howard Gardner of The Multiple Intelligence Theory) As the writer recalls from personal experience...... middle of paper ......//prezi.com/nbsbfk-httnu/grades-dont-measure- intelligence / http://freakonomics.com/2008/09/29/do-good-grades-predict-success/ http://www.tcnj.edu/~senate/resources/documents/GradesasValidMeasures.pdf http:// www .youtube.com/watch?v=D-eVF_G_p-Y http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130112054447AA8J2vI http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/intelligent.aspx http : //skyview.vansd.org/lschmidt/Projects/The%20Nine%20Types%20of%20Intelligence.htm http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-howard-gardner-video http://www.youtube . com/watch?v=cbSKGFzPkaM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4CBpLNEyE http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Test_Problems_Seven/ http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/ faculty/jrockoff/rockoff_teachers_march_04.pdf http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/02/justice/georgia-cheating-scandal/http://www.queensu.ca/search/pages/Different%20types%20of %20students