Ronny Tang Bing-yuk, 14, Ying Wa College
EQ. People with a high EQ are able to express themselves in the right way at the right time. Those with a high IQ sometimes struggle to relate to other people because their understanding of intellectual problems is greater than others.
We are more likely to admire those who can communicate well with everybody than those who can solve complex mathematical problems.
Scientific tests are necessary to test IQ, but EQ is obvious from the way a person acts. As soon as we meet someone we can assess whether they have a high or low EQ, but it takes time to find out whether someone is academic or not.
But I think practice and training are needed to attain both high IQ and EQ. People aren't necessarily naturally gifted.
Even if people are born geniuses, unless they strengthen their potential, their talents will be wasted. The same is true with EQ - if you shut yourself away from others, you will not develop your EQ.
Jessica Sham, 12, West Island School