Faq, Help / Why are some people getting suspended? [45]

Why are some people getting suspended? Not that I have, but I've seen many suspended users here. I just want to avoid being suspended myself and I'm just wondering why they got suspended.

Undergraduate / Art of mind; Nine types of intelligences [4]

Psychologist Howard Gardner has identified nine types of intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthethic, naturalist, and existential. Choose one that you identify with and discuss a few personal experiences that show your strength and/or weakness in this area of intelligence. Please limit your response to 500 words.

I sincerely thought I exceeded the average artistic abilities of my age group in fifth grade. Little did I know I was artistically challenged until my art teacher insisted that I quit art classes because my mother's money was going down the drain. Ever since this dream-crushing, discouraging, heartbreaking teacher revealed the truth of my abilities, I vowed to never hold a paintbrush in my hand and to never study a bowl of fruits. It was then that I had an epiphany: I found art all too simple. Art is a one-dimensional approach in every way. An artist can only recreate such a bowl of grapes reflecting only one light through one perspective on a flat canvas in hopes of magically generating a three dimensional perspective with multiple lightings all in an allusion of presenting this bowl three dimensionally. I redirected my creativity from one of a physical visual on a limited canvas to another of a mental design on a vacuum of infinity. I discovered a significant interest in (and ultimately a habit of) mentally constructing three dimensional compositions out of simple, everyday concepts and behaviors.

I insert my clinking key into the ignition of the car and begin to mentally sketch a map from point A to point B. First, I model the house, replicating its every design and selecting the precise hues of color. I then outline my driveway out of the neighborhood and onto the highway. As I move farther out from my initial position, I can feel the road exponentially augmenting in width. When the road becomes wide enough at some point, I can freely adjust my vision to any degree that I feel is most competent to mentally lead me to my destination. I trace familiar roads from the perspective of a passenger looking out onto the street from the front window glass. When anticipating a right or left turn, I scribble the road from a perpendicular angle as if I were a pedestrian staring across the roadway. When coursing through a less familiar street, I zoom out from bird's eye view to study my relative location, verifying that I'm not deviating from the direction of my destination. The magnitude of my zoom application is very flexible. I can soar just barely over the rooftops or hover over the entire country from the stratosphere. Such is my imaginary road trip with only a simple glance at my destination on Mapquest.

While art is an in-depth concentration of one specific perspective, I prefer studying a subject through multiple perspectives and then logically reasoning the best perspective to approach the certain situation. On a greater scale, this spatial, multi-perspective capability has enabled me to develop resilience, like a willow tree, like water, like a field of grass swaying in the wind. My capacity to adapt and embrace all that life brings has allowed me to savor the taste of every valued experience.

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