Emotional Intelligence In Blue Nines And Red Words
Are there various intelligences? In what areas can people be intelligent beside academically? In the text “Blue Nines and Red Words” and the text “Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important for Teens?”, the authors demonstrate that there's multiples intelligence and there are so many besides academic intelligence. In “Blue Nines and Red Words” Daniel Tammet demonstrates how visual intelligence can help people connect with each other and do complicated math problems. In “Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important for Teens?” the author talks about how significant it is to understand your emotional intelligence because of how it impacts people’s lives. People can be successful in different areas of intelligence such as emotionally and visually which
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The author Daniel Tammet has savant syndrome and by using visual intelligence he understands many things. As said in Daniel Tammet's memoir “Red Nines and Blue Words” he states,“For as long as I can remember, I have experienced numbers in the visual, synesthesia way that I do. Numbers are my first language, one I often think about and feel in. Emotions can be hard for me to understand or know how to react to, so I often use numbers to help me.” By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people.” (paragraph 19 page 405). The text shows how by visualizing things it can help people understand and learn better. Daniel tammet talks about how for people like him with disorders this way of learning can help them understand things better. Another key point in “Red Nines and Blue Words”, ”I like my birth date, because of the way I’m able to visualize most of the numbers in it as smooth and round shapes, similar to pebbles on a beach.”(paragraph 1 page 89). Daniel demonstrates how his way of visualizing numbers helps him remember the little things such as his birthdate. Other people use visualize intelligence to do the same thing and even assign numbers a personality so they can see how people are feeling and emotionally connect. This one verison of intelligence, visual intelligence is so important and helpful to so many people
The author Daniel Tammet has savant syndrome and by using visual intelligence he understands many things. As said in Daniel Tammet's memoir “Red Nines and Blue Words” he states,“For as long as I can remember, I have experienced numbers in the visual, synesthesia way that I do. Numbers are my first language, one I often think about and feel in. Emotions can be hard for me to understand or know how to react to, so I often use numbers to help me.” By doing this, numbers actually help me get closer to understanding other people.” (paragraph 19 page 405). The text shows how by visualizing things it can help people understand and learn better. Daniel tammet talks about how for people like him with disorders this way of learning can help them understand things better. Another key point in “Red Nines and Blue Words”, ”I like my birth date, because of the way I’m able to visualize most of the numbers in it as smooth and round shapes, similar to pebbles on a beach.”(paragraph 1 page 89). Daniel demonstrates how his way of visualizing numbers helps him remember the little things such as his birthdate. Other people use visualize intelligence to do the same thing and even assign numbers a personality so they can see how people are feeling and emotionally connect. This one verison of intelligence, visual intelligence is so important and helpful to so many people