Tall = Smart, NOT.

Prejudice.

Many forms, one similarity.

Defined in the textbook as, 'a negative attitude towards members of a group, which is often very strongly held'.

General view of tall people = smart. Really meh?
Okay lah.. I'm 185cm tall. See, simply by stating our height we tend to use the term 'tall'.
And we ask stuff like... "How tall are you?".

Yes its terrible, and as we have all learnt throughout our lives (especially in PY2103) that....................... there are OUTLIERS.

So how? For people who are vertically challenged BUT very smart. Step into the interview room and if you're fast enough you might probably be able to catch the flinch on the interviewer's face.

I just mentioned this the other day during tutorial... but lemme add some stuff.

Common belief: TALL = SMART

Fact #1: SMART = MORE BRAIN MATTER
Fact #2: MORE BRAIN MATTER = BIG BRAIN = HEAVY HEAD

Dissonance: HEAVY HEAD = TALL

How is this possible...?
Shorter people should be smart, and the shorter one is the smarter he/she gets!

Also... many many things in this world are prejudiced against TALL people despite the liking for them, a couple are:

-Cars are usually designed for seating 1 driver and 4 passengers... ya RIGHT.
I sit down inside only kana squeeze like duno what.

-Beds... oh so shiok to sleep on right... lets see.. super single.. apparently supposed to be longer... ya RIGHT. I sleep with my feet off the bed.

OHHHHHH. Other prejudiced stuff?:

People with big thumbs and fingers and hands... don't you simply love fumbling on your 'miniature' handphone.. often taking more time than preferred to send a text message?

Horizontally challenged people... see something in a store you like but don't have your size?

People with feet size on the extreme ends of the scale... always no size?

Ya.. many many many examples of prejudice all pointing in one direction.
It seems that as long as you are an OUTLIER, be it culturally or physically, you would be prejudiced in some manner.


Ta ta.