Language (Asimov and Sedaris)

According to Sedaris and Asimov, you can be extremely intelligent, but it probably won't work for you when it comes to the different situations you're in. For example, you could be a genius when it comes to science, and if someone asks you a question about it, you'd be able to answer it immediately. If they asked you a question about mechanical engineering, chances are, you wouldn't have a clue on how to answer. The same thing applies to an English teacher. If you try talking to him/her in Arabic, they wouldn't have a clue what you're saying. Yeah, they might be smart when it comes to that specific language, but when it comes to other things, they could be as clueless an anything.