Yes if you follow traditional paridigms of the word inteligence you are absolutely right. Mathimatical / spacial abilities, understanding patterns etc etc. are considered mesurements of intelligence. It is why people who are " Book smart" are so sucessfull in our society. Unfortunately thare are many many ways to measure inteligence. Lets take Bob Dylan, for example, without a doubt a lerical genius, but i doubt he'd score very high on a modern IQ test. I could name artistic geniuses for hours. most of them I gurante had areas in which they considerably lacked skill. Math, spelling ,grammer, in fact I bet you could find many geniuses who never even learned to read. so the more you think about it the more ludicrious a set numerical value for inteligence becomes completely arbitrary and ludricrious really. Personally I never placed as much stress on how a word was spelled so much as the meaning. If i put a little effort into it I would have it down in no time. It also has alot to do with how each individuals brain stores data. I think more in concepts, sounds and pictures, then i do letters words and symbols. This is the basis for the common understanding of "right brained" and" left brained" individuals. Left brained individualls have much faster recall, and can much more easilly remember symbols. Right brained individuals, on the other hand might take longer to recall data but they get a more abstract, general, or nuanced picture. Either way the fact that a "right brainer" who cant spell, and can barely do algebra can score pretty good on a test that largly tests left brain abilities. should say something. Again Im not trying to compete with anyone, though people always seem to think i am. Im simply exploring who I am. If i sound proud of who I am or like I like who I am well thats good isn't it?
I thinks everyones probably tired of complaining about having no friends anyway. I know i am lol.
though heres a thought. I try and think of these things in terms of what I can do for others not the reverse. If I have close relationships that turn out to be temporary I try and ask myself If maybe ive helped that person in some way. I believe that we are tools of fate or kharma if you will. Life isnt about how many warm and fuzzy feelings we can rack up so much as how many we can help others have. and what we can teach the world, and bring to it. If you had a briliant and beutifull friend maybe all they needed kharmically is a few leasons from you and then too move on. we capricorns especially often forget how dramatically we can effect other peoples lives. sometimes it takes only a few well placed words to completely change someones outlook on life. finally I always say " you can't change people only inspire them" we exist to be each others muses. with that perspective "friends" become less of a necessity ( damn that word again)

Each time I read a post from Mme 7 I think : "C'est MOI!" (or someone close). Being a speller, a grammarian, loving syntax and beautiful phrases, poetry, literature, oratory and compelling dramatic moving speech... I think it's not controlling to want these things properly handled, it's FUN dammit... do like the idea "when you want things, give things". And, Madame, you ARE realizing the unconditional love of your children. Have 2 also and nothing comes close. Maybe we only get 4 or 6 good friends in each phase of our lives (and I do not mean the 1,000s of tribe or myspace 'friends' as included)? Maybe you are doing so much in this phase of your life with your family and making ends meet as a hard-working persevering Capricorn that there isn't time enough? At any rate, I admire you and your quest...sending love...