Part one of 'Rednecks and Intelligence'.
Nov. 23rd, 2015 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helgatwbThe first thing I should do is to establish my credentials. I am an intelligent redneck woman, who has lived in the Deep South for all of my life. I know rednecks.
So. Rednecks, intelligence, and their reactions/attitudes to same. And, my theories as to the reasons behind these reactions. I have encountered four different types of rednecks as far as an attitude to intelligence is concerned.
Type 1: The most common type, the one everyone knows about. They disdain intelligence, and almost seem to hate it. They can be cruel to smart people, and seem to resent and distrust them.
Theories: My main theory is that many of these people don’t learn well in an institutional setting. They are kinesthetic learners or tactile learners. Some even seem to use scent and taste. They move when trying to learn. Or need to take things apart. Or they seem to smell and lick everything. This makes them very hard to teach in a standard school setting. They are labeled as ‘unteachable’, ‘unintelligent’, ‘disruptive’, and ‘uncooperative’. They aren’t any of these things, but the system gives up on them, so they give up on the system. They have no patience for ‘book-larnin’. This attitude gets passed down and permeates the entire culture. If they do have a child that has a more typical learning style, well. It’s hell.
So. Rednecks, intelligence, and their reactions/attitudes to same. And, my theories as to the reasons behind these reactions. I have encountered four different types of rednecks as far as an attitude to intelligence is concerned.
Type 1: The most common type, the one everyone knows about. They disdain intelligence, and almost seem to hate it. They can be cruel to smart people, and seem to resent and distrust them.
Theories: My main theory is that many of these people don’t learn well in an institutional setting. They are kinesthetic learners or tactile learners. Some even seem to use scent and taste. They move when trying to learn. Or need to take things apart. Or they seem to smell and lick everything. This makes them very hard to teach in a standard school setting. They are labeled as ‘unteachable’, ‘unintelligent’, ‘disruptive’, and ‘uncooperative’. They aren’t any of these things, but the system gives up on them, so they give up on the system. They have no patience for ‘book-larnin’. This attitude gets passed down and permeates the entire culture. If they do have a child that has a more typical learning style, well. It’s hell.
