> He goes by Alex C. Lee on Quora, and he told me that he took the test twice and scored 96 and 98. (One hundred is dead average on many tests.)...Teachers and

> He goes by Alex C. Lee on Quora, and he told me that he took the test twice and scored 96 and 98. (One hundred is dead average on many tests.)...Teachers and parents get impatient, Lee explains, and even use epithets; moreover, a tendentious intelligence hierarchy from the American eugenics movement still casts a long shadow. > Lee has trouble following directions, including the rules of games....“It's impossible for me to ‘pick up’ something,” as Lee puts it. “I'm not a fast learner. When I learn a language, I have to systematically study, writing it down and getting familiarized.”...As for Lee, he just graduated from law school. “Despite my double-digit IQ,” he told me, “I'm actually eligible for Mensa membership. They accept anyone with an above 95 percentile LSAT score. I've got a 98th percentile LSAT score. I have a suspicion that as a kid Lee was placed in certain boxes by his parent(s) and teachers, i.e. the "Low Intelligence" and "Low Motivation" boxes, and those stuck with him throughout his life. When you're labeled as something so young, it'll stick with you.