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Gwynvyd -> RE: Whats your IQ? (2/6/2008 5:21:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: bipolarber
I'm actually above average, although I came in a litle low to join MENSA. (It seemed like a pretty dull group, anyway.) But I have found that I seem to be FAR above average in artistic and creative abilities.
Intelligence and other attributes, measured by some test, usually come up short on actually defining an individual's ability. I have an uncle who is only slightly above retarded according to most "fashionable" testing, yet he created his own business, and is quite successful. None of the IQ tests he took ever thought to measure for ambition, leadership, or work ethic.
They couldnt get me to join MENSA... buncha boring stuckup bragarts... ick.
IQ has nothing to do with drive.. or the will to do anything with ones life, or succeed. ( my son's father being the perfect example of this. His IQ is in the 160's but has never done anything with his life, and he never will. Very artistic though. Has been published because I pushed him to. The man is completely lacking in common sense. )
My brother who was moderately illiterate when they just passed him in HS, and who participated in the Special Olympics because of a mild retardation now owns large New car lots in Chicago, was named #2 New cars sales man in the United States in 2007. Has a huge house in "The" place to live in Chicago burbs.. and is a huge success story. He made himself smarter.
I wish I had his kind of drive.... ( not his high blood pressure, and heart problems mind you...)
Gwyn,
who isnt saying what her IQ is.. as it doesnt matter... what you do with your life and what you learn does.
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