Multiple Intelligence

Among the different intelligences, my results indicate that my dominant natural intelligences are linguistic and musical. I scored 20 points in both categories in the Multiple Intelligence Test based on Howard Gardner’s MI Model.

I half expected both categories because my interests lie in these areas but I didn’t quite anticipate that I will score exactly equal in both.

My lowest score are in the bodily-kinesthetic and intrapersonal areas. I am not surprised because I have never been the type to be good in navigating with my body. To be honest, I have always been bad at sports or anything that requires moving unless it is dance (which I am okay with since there is music involved).

I am wary though about scoring low on the intrapersonal intelligence. It could mean that I understand and relate better to other people than myself. Come to think of it, I don’t really understand myself and my actions most of the time. I just find it easy to justify them, which is bad in my opinion.

With the last two sentences of the previous paragraphs, I just realized how much I love to hate myself. So maybe the low intrapersonal intelligence score was, in all probability, right.

But before focusing on my devastatingly low concept of self, I would like to contemplate more on the things I am good at according to the test, the musical and linguistic areas.

Being a musician, I think it is just natural that I would score high on musical intelligence. I also think that it goes hand in hand with the linguistic intelligence because you need both to make music.

I get asked by some why I am not focusing on this particular area and I also ask myself why. Maybe its because of practicality and other factors such as parents thinking that a career that doesn’t require taking a licensure exam is less than a career needing one. I do not blame though because I do understand that music is an elusive career that would require a lot of financial support on their part and little assurance of financial success.

Linguistic intelligence though is something that I do plan to use wisely. I am not really one to talk publicly or wish to go into a career that would require me to. I used to, but issues like dwindling self confidence have long extinguished it. My linguistic abilities manifest more on my writing. Although I am admittedly bad at formal writing or anything that does not require imaginative thinking in general, I believe that writing in verse or prose is where I am good at.

I have mentioned in the self image drawing section of my profile that I like to write. Actually, that is an understatement. If I am going to be honest, I would say that I live to write. I fall asleep writing fictional stories and wake up to think about them again. I admit that this is unhealthy. I lose sleep due to my passion for writing but if I don’t, I could never find peace of mind. I would be forever haunted by the things that I want to write.

As you may already know if you had read the first parts of my profile, my dream is to write children’s books. I do not know yet how to make this into a reality but I am quite positive that I am on the right track. This is also partly the reason why I am shifting to Teaching in early grades. Aside from being happy around children and a natural want to teach, I want to learn more about children and the way they perceive things so as to create stories that are appropriate for them.

As of now, I do not yet think that I am able to capture the essence of a child in my writing but I am working my way there.

I also think that teaching children requires a great deal of linguistic skills to be able to communicate things to them effectively as they do not process things in the same way as adults do.

Now, focusing on the parts where I did not score well: bodily-kinesthetic and intrapersonal; I think there is always time to improve. Although I don’t think I would improve much on the bodily-kinesthetic part due to my current physical limitations.

As for the intrapersonal intelligence, I think that the subjects I take here in the College of Education help understand myself (and other people too) more. I would try to make the most out of these courses so as to develop myself in this aspect.