Are you smart? ...does it really matter?

Aug 10, 2007 09:14

In 1905 the French psychologist Alfred Binet published the first modern intelligence test, the Binet-Simon intelligence scale. His principal goal was to identify students who needed special help in coping with the school curriculum ( Read more... )

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chris21718 August 10 2007, 14:30:24 UTC
Yeah, when I hear that someone's IQ is quoted as being a certain value, like 120, or 140, to me, that's meaningless, because you have to ask what test was used, and what was going on in the person's life at the time, and what stage of the person's life was the test given ( ... )

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bdazmofo August 12 2007, 02:38:03 UTC
I got tested at Centre Middle School in 7th grade

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bdazmofo August 18 2007, 16:08:56 UTC
it'S
all works a loop,
and is all perspective, depenpending on the point of observation.
where one could either be percieved as being the "dumbest" or the
"smartest". and who's authority?
in middle school, we took iq testes, and i scored insanely high, and was put in "gifted" calssses, wthi this hulking troll of a woman who kept wanting to spend "extra one on one time" with me outside of class.
imagine what this did to my ego.

hey, how's the married life?
you should come check out my "house".
i'll cook you a steak.
on the grill.
charcoal or propane?
you decide.

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bdazmofo August 19 2007, 21:16:32 UTC
charcoal...
allright!

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