Essay Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes
An American essayist and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said, “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes”. There are many people in the world who are smart and intelligent. However, not all have common sense.
In fact, ordinary people with an average Intelligence Quotient (IQ) may have more common sense than highly educated persons.
Here is a story of in inmate of insane asylum who exhibited a great commonsense during the crises faced by a motorist. The motorist was driving his car. Unfortunately one of the wheels got flat and he was stranded in front of an insane asylum. Motorist jacked his car, took out the hub cap, opened the bolt of sick wheel and kept four bolts carefully in the hub cap on the road. While he was busy taking out the spare wheel from the trunk, a car raced by and kicked the hub cap. The hub cap with four fasteners flung and fell in roadside ravine. Now it was impossible to find those back due to dark. The motorist badly frustrated stood aside helplessly.
An inmate of insane asylum had been watching all this. He shouted Hey Mister Motorist come here. I show you how to deal with this problem. He advised motorist to remove other hub caps and remove one bolt from each healthy wheel, fasten the spare wheel with three bolts and reach to the nearest repair garage and put back missing fasteners in the wheels and reach to your destination.
The astounded motorist exclaimed wow what a great idea. He then asked why you are here. The inmate replied I may be crazy but not stupid. This explains that, just because one is not educated does not mean that he lacks common sense. Secondly just because one is educated and well dressed he or she may have common-sense.
In conclusion to survive in the world, we need skilled, smart and experienced people. However to be a genius in the competitive world setting, common sense is most essential.
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