I figured out long ago, intelligence comes in different forms.
We have all met some "book smart" college educated people than could never change the spark plug on their lawn mower. My brother can take apart and fix about any all mechanical item from a fork lift to a mini bike. Rebuild engines, and make it like new or better, same with woodwork as he worked as a trim carpenter for years at a mill work.
Hand him a computer and he is lost. He is an analog man.
IQ tests have been the test for intelligence for years. Now there are lawsuits that say the math part of the test is racist because Asians and white people do better than some races. For math!
Numbers are the same for everyone. I always hated math. Way back in the stone ages when I was in school, the first day of Algebra class the teacher gave us a pop quiz on algebra to test our base knowledge before any teaching. When she called out the name of the top score she said Glen. Honestly I looked around for the other kid named Glen, but it was me. It was pure logic to figure out what X was. It was really easy for me and some in class thought it was impossible.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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