Comparison and Contrast Paragraph

What are the different ways in which intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence contribute to the development of an undergraduate?


Both intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are important for the development of an undergraduate, but in different ways. Intellectual intelligence is about the success of a student in academics. Intellectuals maintain focus on a particular task and work towards its success. They continuously meet and exceed academic goals. Students with only intellectual intelligence are cornered in the student society. They keep getting A grades for modules but rarely go along well with friends. These kinds of people, without a decent level of emotional intelligence, are a burden to the workplace once they start working. They don’t know how to interact and communicate with the society, understand everyone’s needs and have empathy over them. So they are considered as failures in life. For example, Mozart was a world famous fine musician but a failure in every other aspect of life! So, students need to constantly think and remind themselves about how both intellectual and emotional intelligence can develop them. In some cases, students aren’t able to perform well in studies however much talented they are because all they are doing is battling emotions inside. It’s also worth to realize that some students who aren’t very bright in studies do well in life because of their amazing emotional intelligence. Therefore, both intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are important in different ways for the development of an undergraduate student.

Problem Solution paragraph - (topic 10)

NUS can enhance the awareness of the importance of emotional intelligence (EI) by organizing workshops on controlling emotions. Most students these days are mainly only concerned about their academic work- days are spent in lecture theatres, tutorial rooms and reading rooms studying away. At the end of the semester, when the student gets an A grade he thinks he is intelligent. In fact he is, but only partially. ‘Intelligence’ has its domains like academic, emotional, and practical. So it’s sensible to realize that if you spend all your time on one, eg academics, then you will fail at the rest. In intense cases, where students can’t handle life situations maturely, would give up and try to commit suicide. Of course, that wouldn’t receive endorsement from a university. Hence, the University should take measures to remind students of EI and how it can help them perform well in academics. Workshops on anger management is a very good idea. Majority of the modern day students are always stressed and tend to get very angry when things don’t go their way. Counselors can be invited to advise students on how to control emotions, successfully interact with peers and hence become a ‘social butterfly.’ These programmes will also stress students to communicate with peers, which will lead to their better understanding of how other people think and adjust accordingly. Therefore, it’s essential that NUS takes an initiative to inculcate emotional intelligence in students.