Who's Smart and Who's Dumb?

     When we ask ourselves who the smart ones are and who the dumb ones are in the classroom, the answer normally is the smart student is the smart one and the dumb student is the dumb one. But that doesn't make too much sense if you really think about it. The smart students are the ones who utilize their resources to the best of their ability and try and make the best decisions possible. The dumb students are the ones who don't try and use different resources available to them and they make poor decisions (we've all probably been there at some point in our academic career). Sometimes it's hard for a dumb student to become a smart student, but what if the student isn't the problem. What if the teacher is the dumb one? All students learn in different ways so isn't it the teacher's responsibility to make sure every student is learning in a way that benefits their strengths? If teacher's took the time to help the "dumb" students, whether it be teaching them how to study, how to utilize resources, or figuring out the best way to teach the student, I think we would have a lot more "smart" students.