Intelligence plus character

"Intelligence is not enough. Intellegence plus character, that is the goal of true education."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

         I believe this quote means that being smart is not going to get you everything you want. If you are smart with a bad attitude nobody is going to want to teach you. Being smart is not enough for you to get into college. College also want to see what you have been doing. For example this girl with a 4.0 applied to college but she didn't do any other activity like soccer or join any school clubs, there is also another girl with a 3.8 that applied to the same college but she was involved in soccer and school clubs, the girl that got accepted to the college was the girl with a 3.8. The reason they chose her was because she was involved with the school, she was making her school look good. We could be intelligent and be involved with the soccer. Colleges look for people that will make the school look good by them being involved with the school.  I was taught that my attitude determines what I am  going to be and do in life. Do not think that just because you are smart is going to get you a free pass to anywhere.