I didn't take the time to read through all the replies, so sorry if any of this is a repeat.

As others have said, I believe it is both. Obviously, there is a grey area with everything, and nothing is soley black and white.

The obviously answer to this would be that intelligence is a gift, expecially since you have the power to obtain knowledge quicker and msot efficently than others, obviously since the intelligence is obtain, that can be assumed. It's also always beneficial to have a general knowledge about things, even random things that make no sense to others whatsoever. It gives you inate problem solving skills, and the ability to write at a level higher than that of a high schooler (no offense to those in high school.) Also, debates are fun and simple, seeing as how easy it is to perplex small minds without a clue about the topic at hand. That can be my favorite

However, it is a curse because when you are surrounded by stupidity, especially stupidity to things that are blatantly obviously, it hurts. At least for me. An example of my intelligence being a curse is with spelling/grammatical errors. Granted, I'm sure I make many...but when I am revising a college student in a composition class's paper that says "me and brother" multiple times, I want to bash my head into the computer! ELEMENTRY LEVEL GRAMMAR! -_-