If an intelligent person has low confidence or no confidence, can that effect their academic performance?

It depends on weather you REALLY have low emotional intelligence or not. We're in a highly emotional, drama-queen infested society. By the way, who diagnoses problems such as 'Low emotional intelligence' anyway?

A doctor? I've never once heard a doc disgnose that, that's all I'm saying here. Think about what you're asking, man.

You're probably just a laid-back, chill person who doesn't let things get to you.

When you are at the bottom, there is no place to go but up. Crack those books! :).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.