This definition of intelligence is a very optimistic one. It says that each of us can become more intelligent. We can become more intelligent through study and practice, through access to appropriate tools, and through learning to make effective use of these tools (Perkins, 1995).his definition of intelligence is a very optimistic one. It says that each of us can become more intelligent. We can become more intelligent through study and practice, through access to appropriate tools, and through learning to make effective use of these tools (Perkins, 1995).
As we consider what to do about Middle Eastern refugees to our nation, it would behoove us to remember the words on the Statue of Liberty and act in accordance with them: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Two hundred forty years ago today, Patrick Henry made his immortal cry, âGive me liberty or give me death!â. The statement came at the end of a speech Henry made to the Virginia House of Burgesses. As Henry spoke, Great Britain was preparing to use force to reduce the American colonies to a state of obedience.