In life, is it better to be "book smart" or "street smart"?
Who is the winner, street smart or book smart? Which type of intelligence is better: street smart, book smart, mechanical knowledge, political smarts, EQ or IQ? Explain.
I want to say street smart... mainly because no one else did :P But yes, I do think it helps. those people seem to know how to handle things.. book smart can get you a great job and that can mean you move in circles that avoid having to deal with undesirables... but now and then you are going to encounter them... and I think that would make them uncomfortable. On the other hand street smart might feel very uncomfortable in a very posh setting.
Both have their place. If society were to break say, due to war, the street smart people would survive while people like college professors would struggle and maybe not survive. Being able to fix machinery and shoot a gun would be more valuable skills. As things are, book smarts pay the biggest rewards.
