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145 -> 120 IQ decline Because I can’t access good schools and teachers. Because I didn’t schmooze to the admissions directors and other gate keepers. I should

• diogenescynic 11mo ago
  >Except that even now I’m too immature and stupid to know what they are. This is the bigger problem, not the type of car or clothes you drive. I dress like a schlub and drive a Toyota and don't feel any of the social pressures you're talking about. I think it's in your head. >145 -> 120 IQ decline You're also putting way way too much emphasis on this test. The methodology of IQ tests is also entirely questionable. I'd hardly be judging myself as a parent based on this.
  • BeetleB 11mo ago
    > I think it's in your head. It may be, but it also could be the community/town he lives in. I certainly do know schools where you need to play games to get admission, and dressing like a schlub would exclude you (which is fine, given I have alternatives - he perhaps doesn't). > The methodology of IQ tests is also entirely questionable. I'd hardly be judging myself as a parent based on this. Fully agree on ignoring the IQ (why would one even get it tested?) However, I suspect he does see other signals of decline, and sees those who went to the school achieve more.