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Originally Posted by tabs
Why that explains it, while in school I didn't care what answer I put down and maybe that is the reason why I was placed in special education classes.
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Originally Posted by tabs
The last IQ test that I took I worked slowly and methodically sometimes not finishing a section. After the allotted time I was allowed to finish. when the results came back my timed IQ was quiet a bit lower than the untimed one. So I was being penalized for working methodically.
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True story (and let me emphasize that I don't put a lot of importance on standardized tests - they measure your ability to take standardized tests imo
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In elementary school, I didn't take tests seriously, and would make geometric patterns, etc. with my penciled in dots. So in 7th grade (Jr. high back then), I actually was in the middle-of-the-pack classes when I took the battery of aptitude tests seriously for the first time mid-year. Highest score in the city and in the 99th percentile on just about every section and it simply blew the school administrators away....how did this kid get so "misplaced"
? Took me by surprise too, though I had always been a gifted reader and was great in math. Of course I took them "for real" from then on as it became a contest of skill. Bottom line for me....WAY too much emphasis is placed upon test scores/grades.
This old saying is somewhat true in many cases:
The "A" students end up working for the "B" students (management) in companies owned by the "C" students
....but I've got no complaints either
IQ is just a number when all is said and done....YMMV