Alusine M. Kanu DA
But what really matters in life? An old proverb states, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Something or someone is beautiful, depending on the perspective of the person looking in. But the major thing that matters is- Is the person good-looking from inside? Because without a doubt inner beauty lasts forever whereas outer beauty fades. Anyone can fake the outside to make himself or herself look better and pretty but inner beauty can't be faked.
It has now been more than four decades since Robert Rosenthal and L. Jacobson publishedPygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellectual Development(1968). Rosenthal and Jacobson detailed the effect of teachers' expectations on students' performance and came to the conclusion that the impact wasconsiderable. Subsequent research (see Clifford and Walster, 1973; Elashoff and Snow, 1971) found that students' physical attractiveness was one of the major determinants of teachers' expectations. This seems unfair to children. A teacher's estimate of a child's abilities should not be so strongly influenced by physical attractiveness; moreover, the child's actual perfor-mance will be affected—because of the self-fulfillment prophecy or other such processes. One would hope, then, that these processes would be taken into account by teachers and schools. Ritts, Patterson, and Tubbs (1992) returned to these issues, reviewing 29 studies on expectations and judgments of physically attractive students, and performing a meta-analysis on 17 of these studies. (A meta-analysis is a statistical review and summary of results of several studies.) They concluded:
The studies reviewed here clearly show that highly attractive students, compared to their unattractive counterparts, are the beneficiaries of more favorable judge-ments by some teachers. This attractiveness effect is reflected in teachers' more positive experiences of physically attractive students in terms of their intelligence, academic potential, grades, and other attributes (p. 422).
The significance of this research is hard to miss. Physical attractiveness has an impact early in our lives. It can determine what others, particularly others that figure largely in our development, think and expect of us. Although it would be overstating the case to indicate that all teachers' expectations are influenced by physical attractiveness, or that other factors don't play much of a role in developing those expectations, physical attractiveness is clearly important, as Rosenthal and Jacobson initially suggested.
‘Knowledge is power' and brain is the container of knowledge. A person is different from a beast only for his or her brain that makes them learn to differentiate between good and evil. Physical beauty is an added quality. Life is enlightened for brains and not for beauty. A beautiful appearance with dull brains is of no use. On the other hand, a bugle appearance having a powerful brain can produce something for human welfare. So, brains have got prominence over beauty.
Beauty and brains are two vital factors for humans. Someone would prefer having beautiful and good looking appearance and feel they are very lucky. On the other hand, someone would prefer having brains. I would prefer having brains than beauty. Beauty is a comparative idea. Someone may be exceptionally beautiful wouldn't last for life-time. One's physical beauty can easily be abated. So the stability of physical attraction is not getting guarantee for life-time. If a beautiful women or a handsome man loses physical attraction, she or he might fail getting the desired response from other people. It is sometimes said that brain or talent is God-gifted thing. If it is such a thing, it requires nourishment properly. If one's brain is not used, they can surely to be almost worthless. Through use or practice of brain a person can do lot for themselves, for their society, for their country and even for the world. A person of brains can easily win the heart of common people through his or her invaluable services to the human family. A person with a beautiful brain is smart and self-dependent. He or she can adjust themselves to anyone and everyone. He or she knows the proper way of how to lead life properly. Moreover, he or she is also aware of his communication, behaviors, attitudes, beliefs or values.
What is your reaction to the case study and think about your personal answer to the question, is beauty better than brains?
Reference: Burgoon, J. Guerrero, L.K. and Floyd, K. (2010). Nonverbal communication.Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
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Dr Alusine Melvin Moseray Kanu
Dr. Alusine M. Kanu is a native of Sierra Leone and a three-time graduate of George Mason University in Fairfax,Virginia, Kanu's education... (show bio)
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