Do you feel to be stupid sometimes?

@LoKoMoMe (511)
Belize
February 20, 2013 2:00am CST
sometimes i feel like to be stupid when an unexpected moment. like my teacher ask me about something in our class or etc, but I dont know what to answer, im sure i feel it when that moment happening.. how can i get rid of being it?
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@else22 (4317)
• India
20 Feb 13
I used to feel stupid when I was a teenager,but not now.At that time I though I should have been able to answer each and every question asked to me.Gradually I came to realize that it is impossible.Nobody knows everything.If I am sitting with a community and they are talking about something I have no idea about,then I won't speak there lest I would be ridiculed.If someone asks there anything to me,I would simply say,'Sorry,I have no idea.' If I go an office where I don't know who to meet,I would rather ask someone.I have no compunction in showing my ignorance.Why should I feel stupid?
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@else22 (4317)
• India
22 Feb 13
Having the courage to show your ignorance is all that matters.We must realize we can't know everything and we may commit mistakes.If something we don't know or sometimes if we make a mistake,then take it easy.Remain graceful and don't get embarrassed.Have the courage to say,'I don't know' or just 'Oh,sorry',and you would never feel yourself stupid.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
yes, how should we be feel stupid? I really dont know the answer haha, it is hard when you feel it especially on the public places...
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
ah, so it is more helpful to think positive always, and try to be more active what happens on everything that we see to avoid of being stupid.. you have a point for it.. thank you
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
20 Feb 13
not sometimes ALWAYS. lol... It is too late when I realized that I made a mistake.. so yes, it is not just sometimes it is always. WElcome to mistakes LOKOMOME, at least you have proven that you are a human being. welcome to the world of human beings. How can you get rid of stupidity? hmmmm study in advance...
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
23 Feb 13
it is not STUPIDITY, it is called.. mesmerized.. you were mesmerized by her beauty get rattled by her smile. haha.. EVen the brainy one can have the same act.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
23 Feb 13
ah.. I get it.. so I should call it mesmerized even I dont know the exactly meaning of it.. :) thank you for making it clear.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
haha. it is hard to be slow and stupid in the same time.. yes thank you for welcoming me in the world of mistakes mavic.. in school i get rid of being stupid when i prefer to study advance.. but its hard to avoid stupidness when a pretty girl ask me a question whether i know it i shouldn't say it.. that's what i called stupidness too haha.. thank you mavic.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
20 Feb 13
I sometimes feel that people have caught me off guard, but most of the time i am able to bounce right back in time not to look stupid. Especially in our meetings when i am half hear-ted, Since i know most of the things in the meeting,i can easily "cover up" for my self so it is rarely obvious that i am not paying attention. Usually people will look stupid when they seem to be not concentrated on what they are doing or in the discussion so when your line of thinking is off, you will always be thought as someone who looks stupid. So you just need to pay attention all the time.
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Feb 13
thanks lokomome. =) i would say that this is true, and if you are paying attention it would really be difficult that you will be looking stupid.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
your right, paying attention is needed to not become stupid, it sure to not to be stupid when I or you prepared all the time.. thank you chiyosan :)
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
24 Feb 13
your welcome, i choose this as a best response because I feel there is a good point that I appreciate it very much. thanks
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
23 Feb 13
Hi Hmm i am this kind. When teacher asks me anything suddenly then my mind goes blank all of a sudden. Even if i know the answer till then it disappears all of a sudden. Its so disgusting .They think i am not good in studies. But the problem is not that one.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
23 Feb 13
ah, i see. and sometimes he is putting up a response on other users too..
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
23 Feb 13
oh sorry, I made a wrong response above :( yes, we feel it sometimes because sometimes were out of concentration in the class especially in the topic that the teacher given.. try to think positive and concentrate.. like what i did now. ( im trying to say im prepared hehe) :0
@aqirock (855)
• Malaysia
20 Feb 13
Do not feel stupid as not everyone is perfect! even we learn and study doesn't mean we will know the answer, but keep study and it will help you on something
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• China
21 Feb 13
I agree with you!
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
21 Feb 13
yes, i do studying everytime. I dont know I cant stop why i feel it..
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@tyleremy (170)
• China
20 Feb 13
Hi!There were times I felt myself stupid way too much.It usually happened when I was with lots of people and we were planning on something,I always have been told that mine suck and I was kinda stupid,that's what they thin about me.What I felt about myself stupid is that I did math with some young kids.I was older than them and I was suppose to get right answers before them,but sometimes I got wrong answers and they laughed out at me.It was quite embrassement and I felt stupid enough at that time.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
yes,if they prepare to ask you something, it is more good that you prepare more to answer in his question for all the time.. but for us it is hard to make it.. it is hard to be stupid in teenage life .. thanks
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• South Africa
20 Feb 13
It is quite normal to feel stupid when asked a question by a teacher, especially when you dont know the answer. Those can be pretty embarrasing moments, especially for some people...because others in the class tend to focus all their energy on the one student who is being asked :) ..it can be a painful moment, for sure,However, when those moments do crop up, firstly just try to relax. If you dont know the answer, rememeber it is not the end of the world. You are still learning and you will be learning all of your life.Just relax and take it one day at a time. Remember that even the cleverest people do not ALWAYS know everything!
• South Africa
22 Feb 13
Its a pleasure....and I like to remember that we are all made up of sensitive and non sensitive moments. Its how we react to each moment that ddefines us as member of the human race.I hope that you enjoy your studies and never think of yourself as stupid, for that is a negative label.Take care, friend!
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
especially on public places. yes your right, even when you feel the most embarrasing moment in your life, dont be affected most, besides its not the end of your world.. thanks for your view jesse
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
yeah, we only need to think is the positive sign to make our way clean and walk without any struggles on it.. that's why if we can do it, it is easy to reach our goals in life.. thank you i appreciate it much.
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
20 Feb 13
Since you said that you are a student, then you are supposed to come in class always prepared. You need not be reminded to do what you have to do. Coz even if your teacher did not tell you to read on a certain topic, but you know that it is most likely to be the next topic for discussion, then do an advance study on it.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
21 Feb 13
yes, I can be advance but for some reason. they ask me about practicality. I cant stand up on him when I say wrong answers. its so embarrassing..
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@alberello (4752)
• Italy
20 Feb 13
Well, you're not an isolated case. I believe that in life all of us, at least once we tried this situation. I know, it is not a beautiful thing! But the important thing is that it's all just in our heads and nothing more! In fact, at the moment we have only the impression of being stupid, given the circumstances. But what really matters is the fact that we, after all ,we are not stupid!
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
yes, not once but for many times haha, i think it depends on the person how they handle they life.. but for other reasons we feel it not to be want it .. but we feel it in not expected moment..
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@snm7520 (263)
• India
20 Feb 13
not everyone knows everything in the world even the teacher who asks you the question may not know answer to many of the other question. you saying that you are a student these moments may hurt you now but later in your future if u rewind this it will be very funny. who knows may be you will be fame in your class now.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
thank you.. i appreciate it.. yes, ill try to study more for the future, i can say to myself that finally i can rid of being stupid.. thanks
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@Angelpink (4035)
• Philippines
20 Feb 13
Hi !Everyone has its own time of being crazy and stupid. I for one is stupid all the time , my friends says often to me. I am stupid because i say everything i have in mind and i don't care whatever feedback it will be getting. I asked things , no holds barred and because i am stupid i cry for small things , i shouted and scream in twitter i forgot the globe owns twitter and not my own.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
it is good to hear that someone admit their mistakes.. yes sometime we cant stop our selves to say something what we want to say, we dont care for the answer or the reply for someones here it.. i understand you and also appreciate it.. thank you angelpink
@babyeve (1048)
• Seychelles
26 Feb 13
Yes I do, especially when I am not aware of the fool am making myself until somebody tells me so.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
27 Feb 13
sometimes we do many things that we dont know its a foolishness moment.. thanks
• Philippines
21 Feb 13
i do feel stupid when i did't do what my mind tells me to do. Not knowing a certain thing, for me, is not stupidity after all. Knowing the answer for a certain questions on hand is on your sole decision on how you will answer that or how you will react ton that. Stupidity i think is somewhat you call yourself when you are not on your own self. :) a point of view for me. :)
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
what do you mean not on my own self? yes I do call myself stupid when the time i face in nervousness and fear to answer wrong thats why i mean to say stupid..
• India
20 Feb 13
It depends, if question is about what is in the book and I did not study I feel that other students might feel I am stupid but if the question is something out of that, then I will not be shy and I will reply I do not know the answer but so glad with knowing the answer to increase my knowlege in that.
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@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
21 Feb 13
yes, thats what i meant to... sometimes if I really dont know what am I answer to him I only said is I dont know, but It sure his be mad when he hear it..(sad)
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• Dhaka, Bangladesh
20 Feb 13
Sometimes, I also felt it for my simplicity. It is really embarrassing and I felt it several times. have a very nice day.
• Poland
20 Feb 13
Sure I feel stupid sometimes. I made a fool of myself numerous times but I always laugh it off somehow. I even tell my friends about my embarrassing moments because I believe it's better to make fun of it myself then let someone else use it against me. There is know way to avoid being embarrased from time to time but you can shake off those feelings if you relax a little and stop taking the situation too seriously.
@LoKoMoMe (511)
• Belize
22 Feb 13
yes, it is embarrassing when someone laughing in your stupidness that's why we need to be prepare all the time to avoid that feelings.. thank you
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• India
20 Feb 13
it is not possible to be a smart wit everytime....there are sometimes when unexpected situations come up and we are not able to react according to the situation ending up feeling stupid