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Not speaking of anyone in particular here, but I always fail to understand the superior attitude people get when they're able to succeed academically, or when they can seemingly pick up things quickly. I know a family of very intelligent learned people, who are usually not snobby with strangers at all, but individually they all carry this attitude (and have said out loud a few times that they are better than others becuase of their intelligence). One of the kids' MSN names is "You tell me I'm a genius but treat me like an idiot" . What's an idiot ? And how is an idiot treated ? Should people of exceeding scholarly intelligence be treated better than a supposed idiot ?
I've always had shitty self esteem even when I've done well at particular things so I find it hard to relate to this attitude . My main frustration is, if they're so smart, then how can they assume that the ways in which they've succeeded are what makes up "the best people" or "success" in general ?
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