Positive personality trait
Intelligent
Able to learn, understand, and use knowledge effectively.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Learns new things quickly and understands complex ideas.
- Connects ideas from different areas.
- Uses what they know to solve problems.
Fits when someone learns and understands things easily
Not when intelligence is the only praise for a person whose effort or kindness is the real story
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: calling yourself intelligent invites the reader to test it. Describe the hard problem you solved instead.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is highly intelligent and uses it well: they understood [a complex system or problem] within weeks and [improved or solved] it.
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Report card comment [Name] is an intelligent student who grasps new ideas quickly and is ready for extra challenge.
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In a story, shown not told He read the instructions once, put them aside, and had the engine running before his uncle had found his glasses.
The intelligent student spotted the flaw in the puzzle that the teacher had missed.
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