Hi,

Don’t confuse intelligence with knowledge. When you say “Things that I should know” implies a lack of knowledge rather than a lack of intelligence. Intelligence, or being “bright”, is the ability to reason, solve problems, think abstractly and creatively, understand stuff and so on. I do believe some people are born more intelligent than others, but I also believe intelligence CAN be learnt to an extent. That is, you can practice reasoning, proplem-solving skills and so on.

However, what I suspect is that you’d like more knowledge (because you are already “bright”). The best way is to gather knowledge is to read, watch, do and discuss. The more you experience, the more knowledge you acquire. Read that book you always wanted to. Hire that movie. Learn every country’s capital city. Study the history of famous people and events. You can even jot these things down in a little exercise book (as some quiz-masters do!).

Hope this helps, I know I was rambling :-(