First, I must admit that this journal does not mean to give the exact meaning of the words "clever" and "wise. Anything posted here is my own definition of these words.

Today (June 30, 2009), I was asked by one of my student what is my opinion toward the word "clever" and the word "wise". My reply was awfully simple, "A clever man is someone who can remember, a wise man is someone who can think."

reference: I categorized the words which are regarded with learning process as followed: data-information-knowledge-wisdom

My own explanation is- "data is a set of things that is useless when we know what it is, it becomes information. Information which is processed to be used accordingly is called knowledge. In turn, knowledge which is used as a fundamental and foundation to new idea is called wisdom"