IQ vs EQ

All this hype about how many As you get and how deserving you are of a scholarship and an overseas one at that cant help but make me wonder...We have become so materialistic and in our quest for materialistic gains sometimes we forget how to be a person>The Japanese had to reform their educational system when they found that a new generation of Japanese,mercenary,calculative,success orientated were being bred .In the process the traditional values were being neglected.We had the same problem and Moral Studies was introduced into the school curriculum but the programme failed right from the start because teachers and students did not pay much emphasis to it.Today we see the results of this failure.
We have bred a generation of young people who lack so much in the living skills.Very few of them think of others or put others' needs in front of theirs.They cannot converse intelligently or listen and comment intelligently.I once came across a young man who was kinda listening to a discussion.Apparently he listened but was not attentive,and at the end of the discussion asked "What is that?".I totally ignored him because his question was totally out of context and I was certainly not going to repeat myself.
Its also quite maddening when you bring up a topic for talk and all you get is either silence or a totally blank look.Sad to say many people today dont know the art of conversation or even how to socialize.I recently traveled with a friend from Ipoh to KL and we were able to converse all the way ,from golf,to stock market,to politics and values.Can you imagine the scope and depth of the conversation?I seldom come across people who can talk within that scope.Today many young people do not have the depth of knowledge which is required to be what I call all round individuals.
To put others' interests ahead of yours ,to care for others' to be sensitive of the feelings of others and above all to be considerate.There are many things which you learn outside your textbooks and have the necessary academic qualification does not allow you to claim to be educated.There are too many of so called educated people who have no eq at all.They do not treat their staff,colleagues,friends and family members with the proper decorum and social or professional etiquette.Thye themselves have such limited outlooks in life that they live in a shell and fail to even bother to find out what is out there.Besides surfing the net,you can also surf the TV and have a lot of fun.There are some who confine themselves to ceratin programmes only and go for meaningless programmes .That's fine..its their right but is there a need to shut your mind off to others? And watching TV itself has its etiquette for if others are interested in other programmes you should at least be aware that you are hogging the TV for a show which only you watch.That is EQ ...sensitive to others nad their needs and putting others interests ahead of yours.When I play golf for example if my friends choose to play in a course which I dont like I will go along in tantrum with the needs of the group which always take priority over mine.Eating is another example.If you eat alone you can eat what you want and where you want but in a group its the consensus that should be followed.
Thus having IQ is never enough ,you must have the EQ too.In that way you stand a better chance of being a complete person and not one with high IQ but no standard in terms of character.You just have to look at some politicians shaking hands with people to see this.Looking away ,making it as though its your privilege to even touch their hands is their way of greeting you.Compare this with the warm handshake amongst friends and you can see the difference immediately.Got IQ no EQ,got money ,no class,got class no money or power,which is better?