This definition of intelligence is a very optimistic one. It says that each of us can become more intelligent. We can become more intelligent through study and practice, through access to appropriate tools, and through learning to make effective use of these tools (Perkins, 1995).his definition of intelligence is a very optimistic one. It says that each of us can become more intelligent. We can become more intelligent through study and practice, through access to appropriate tools, and through learning to make effective use of these tools (Perkins, 1995).
As we consider what to do about Middle Eastern refugees to our nation, it would behoove us to remember the words on the Statue of Liberty and act in accordance with them: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
1 Access to Original. 2  Title: Give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.  Creator(s): Currier & Ives.,