Interesting comment about 'social intelligence.' Brain injury often leads to limits in social functioning. High social intelligence would sound like it is a desired characteristic.

The study of social intelligence appears to be exactly the opposite. It appears to create categories of function that serve to discriminate against the person who has a limit in their social intelligence. The appears to be a goal of attempting to cause all people to be homogeneous in social intelligence.

It is like the study of IQ. It tends to label people in such a way as to divide them. I have never looked at IQ as a differentiating characteristic as far as personal value goes. I see it as a differential as to the responsibilities of various persons. Just as I know that I am not a very creative minded person, someone who is not of a high IQ is no less valuable. The defining factor is what a person does with their strong skills versus their weak skills. If the high IQ person tries to lord over the lower IQ but highly creative person, the former is deficient in that personal characteristic.

My Senior Prom date was 3rd ranked in our class. She went to Smith College, then Georgetown Law. She is an intellectual snob by her comments at our 20th class reunion. This creates the elitism that limits valid discussion. It appears that many of our government leaders are intellectual snobs.

We need a way to help society understand the value of understanding from all levels of accomplishment. I'd rather be stuck in a hurricane with a back woods person from Kentucky than with most college professors.

My brain injury has caused me to become even more aware of the limits but value to society of all people. I was taught this as a Biblical concept as I was growing up. Now, with a change in how I can receive information, I better understand the frustrations of others. Rather than me pushing others to accomplish to my standards, I know that the desired standards vary from individual to individual.

For years I have wanted to create a method for testing these capacities without the indepth psychological intrusion common in our schools. Last night I watched a show called Boss Undercover. It had the President of Waste Management working at entry level jobs in his company. His eyes were opened wide by what he observed. His empathy for the work environment of his employees grew exponentially. Rather than seeing them as employees numbers and statistics, they became humans.

I have observed that our educational system tends to try to force all brain functions through the same square hole. Add a brain injury and the system breaks down and fails miserably.

What can we do about this?