Young Writers Society

Thanks for everyone how has read this report overall I think it is my finest.
And a very special thanks to those who have reviewed and commented on this topic it is something very near to.
If you did enjoy this piece be sure to check out my other reports and comment/review should you feel the need!
-Dawn

Okay, it seems everyone has given his/her opinion on the matter, and don't get me wrong it's very intriguing. Let's just go through mechanics first, though. Then on to fun stuff.

Nit-Picks:

With that said how can one flourish philosophically given their environment without becoming socially isolated?

To those of greater wisdom and higher thinking such a question would seem trivial.

Thus I find myself pondering on how to solve such a enigma nearly everyday.

-recruited-
I love your word choicing here. It seems sort of like the opening words of an important experiment or adventure. It has that certain almost hungering voice to it.

Now onto the question at hand . . .
I'll be the first to admit: when it comes to other people, I'm a bit jaded. I do talk to many people at my school and elsewhere, but I usually won't bother to carry out any intellectual conversation, as I don't expect much in return (all right, call me arrogant too DX). Most of said intellectual conversations take place on the Internet for me, of course . . . like right now.
Honestly, I see it as all about a person's drive and goals. What they pursue the most often, from what I have witnessed, determines what SORT of intellect they have. You have your A-student whizz kid, who obviously pursues knowledge (okay, or money). But if they were to speak to someone who pursues, say . . . true love or something of the sort, the intellect "levels" wouldn't match up. One would understand scientific theories dramatically more, and one would understand emotional cues dramatically more. While this isn't ALWAYS the case and this example IS horribly stereotypical . . . it's sort of what I noticed. On a simpler level, take the person with a high drive for knowledge and one with a low drive. Who do you think is more of the intellectual?
So I suppose if you want to find someone on your level, you would want to find someone with similar aim in their path? It's one guess. =p But then again, people are hard to pin down. Sometimes, they surprise you.

I agree that there are some people who act stupid and not as "intelligent" as you are, but if you think about it, they have just not encountered the same knowledge as you. That doesn't exactly mean that they are stupid....or idiots, just that they are uninformed. Though I do think that there are some who avoid knowledge, those ones just don't know what's put in front of them. But to find someone who can keep up with you and your "intelligence", would be nice. Because then they could speak your language...right? Right.
As for your choice of style in your writing, it reminds me of the letters Abigail Adams sent to her friends. She talked like that along with the other people in that time period. Accidentally, I wrote like that one day. I noticed it after I already started writing. So I just continued. Its fun to write like that, but a whole different thing to talk like that. I think I'd get a lot of people confused. I don't understand all of the words in that fashion, but I can understand a lot.....I think.
Anyways....I think I got your point in your report....I think. Ha, not bad...

-BG-

I agree with you that there are a lot of stupid people out there (and, if they're too stupid, I can't stand to have to listen to them talk for more than twenty seconds) but I do have friends who aren't as smart as me. In most cases, I think the amount of knowledge you have about a wide range of topics, and, therefore, the ability to talk about a wide variety of things, is what makes a person easier to talk to, and not just intelligence. Also, I have found a group of friends at school who are of the same "intelligence" as me, so I don't feel isolated, but I do feel as though I am "flourishing philosophically."

So there is your answer. Find a group of friends that you can talk about whatever you feel like you need to, from particle physics to politics, and you can "flourish philosophically without becoming socially isolated." Unless, of course, your definition of socially isolated is different from mine.

I really love this piece of art you created. You speak the truth and you can inspire many great people with your words. I was inspired and moved by the way you weaved your statement of truth. Keep on writing!!
-Lily <3

very true. Personally, I find it annoying to have to spend quanities of time with idiots :p it is very hard to be intelligent and social at the same time because it is just hard to find other intelligent people! Where I am, i am surrounded by idiots. I wonder if you will ever get a satisfactory answer...

You make very valid points. I myself do not socalize with people I consider under my intelect. This seems very interesting, and I will continue reading.