Different Kinds of Intelligence

During Q&A at a school visit, a student asked me if I was smart when I was a kid.

This question took me back some because I wondered where this might be coming from for this child. I've also never been asked this particular question before.

This is how I answered. I told him that everyone has intelligence and that there are different kinds of intelligence. Some people are really smart when it comes to science, some people are really smart when it comes to athleticism, some people are really smart when it comes to understanding behaviors and relationships. When I was a kid, I had artistic intelligence, but mathematics never came easily to me.

I hope that my answer helped this student recognize the intelligence within him.