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  they kind of are though - my cousin and i are decent examples i think
  he is extremely well read and can speak competently on history, geography, world politics, stock market/finances, and can quote entire passages from Tolkien and Tolstoy 
  now i dropped out of highschool and although i've read Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hemingway and a hundred other books they're all mostly lost to me now
  but i spent a few years on the street a homeless teenager and two decades as a functioning heroin addict & alcoholic, i've been a woodworker/carpenter, bartender, professional musician, and can fix almost anything, drive any vehicle, hunt, shoot, fish and so on - and except for the early basics that i got from my dad, it's all self-taught
  my cousin is a veritable walking search engine but cannot adapt to sudden or unfamiliar situations and cannot really implement much (if any) of what he knows - he can't use tools or build something w/o instructions or drive very well etc, he's just a human knowledge base 
  i on the other hand have a terrible memory for literature, suck at math and have trouble remembering history - but i am just as comfortable in the hood as i am in a small town in the midwest, or just at ease in a crowd of a thousand as i am when i walk alone at night in the woods behind our place   
  i enjoy his company and we compliment each other pretty well i think - because our strengths are so diverse
context: Booksmart is getting information from documented   sources ,books , tv  the internet 
  Street smarts is what you learn from your  own experiences >
  
  This take isn't even simplifying things.. It's just wrong. >
  
  Book smarts: Your ability to acquire knowledge while in a safe and optimal learning environment
  Street smarts: Your ability to navigate dangerous situations. >
  
  That's what the fuck I'm talking about you hit the nail right on the fuckin head >
  
  Book smarts: having a good formal education.
  Street smarts: having an understanding of the (often criminal) workings of the world. >
  
  I don’t think street smarts has to do with criminality but more with reading people and having knowledge of the world. >
  
  No that's not what it is which lets me know you are also book smart