Don't judge a book by it's cover

"In the third grade, after receiving a high score on a standardized achievement test, Chris was placed in an execrated program for gifted students" (Krakauer 106).

Inspiration or Fool

People get judged often by their personal traits and interests. An individual may have a"playful" or "dumb-funny" personality, but could actually be very intelligent. I believe this relates to how people get categorized based off their personal traits. Chris may not have good test taking skills, therefore he earned the categorization of a "gifted" student. Based on his test score one would believe he is not smart, but people who truly know Chris would believe he is actually very intelligent. Nowadays  I see people get judged based off their "playful" or "dumb-funny" personalities, not what they with hold intellectually.