Q: Do you think that it's possible to force yourself to be smart/intelligent? I just don't think I've ever been smart.. Sure, I had all A's in school when I was younger, but that was due to my extreme perfectionism. at the time i thought that if i ever were to get a grade lower than A, i'd instantly fail in life and die. People who are naturally intelligent remain being intelligent until they die. I was a "smart" kid back then, but now I'm average at best when it comes to intelligence. Some of my good friends even consider me extremely dumb. Am I just going through a "dumb" phase right now or have I always been dumb? I'm not sure..
A: if someone purports to be giving you a grade indicating intelligence, they are faking and would have no basis or means to do that unless they were intrinsically some kind of higher being