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Any talk of IQ should include "the point", i.e. why you're paying attention. If measuring IQ corresponds with a wide reaching genetic study to find precursors f

Any talk of IQ should include "the point", i.e. why you're paying attention. If measuring IQ corresponds with a wide reaching genetic study to find precursors for intelligence - awesome. If we're looking for reason to label a racial subset "lesser", than it's a waste. I remember a really awkward moment in 6th grade, where my teacher took me aside and told me that my tested IQ was top of the class, higher than hers, and only equal to her son's (also in the class). What in god's name could I say to that?

nostrademons 18y ago
"Umm, okay"? I think my response when I found out what my IQ was was, "That's nice."
jhancock 18y ago
As a child, I was never told what I tested at. What I was told is that they aren't supposed to tell you. Of course, once they start moving you into different groups of students you know you test out in the upper "bucket", but still, your not supposed to know your IQ score. Is my experience the norm here? Or did others here get told their score as a child?
- sho 18y ago
  I wasn't told mine directly, but I found it out later by reading the assessment letter (I was forced to take a test to see if there was a learning-disability explanation to my poor grades).
- dhimes 18y ago
  I had the same experience you describe.
- Retric 18y ago
  The same thing happened to me. I was classified "Exceptionally Gifted / Learning Disabled" which seems like a contradiction in terms but seems fairly accurate. The school would bend over backwards for me because of the LD issue, but I saw little difference from the EG part of things. Mainly it seemed like they had no idea what to do with me. For example: I was in a remedial English class in 8th grade and then bumped the next year into the Honors English class which I passed by the skin of my teeth. PS: While I spent a few hours taking a lot of 1 on 1 tests I don't know if they did a real IQ test and I got over 160 or if it was a "soft test" and they used the same term.

nostrademons 18y ago

"Umm, okay"? I think my response when I found out what my IQ was was, "That's nice."

jhancock 18y ago

As a child, I was never told what I tested at. What I was told is that they aren't supposed to tell you. Of course, once they start moving you into different groups of students you know you test out in the upper "bucket", but still, your not supposed to know your IQ score. Is my experience the norm here? Or did others here get told their score as a child?

sho 18y ago
I wasn't told mine directly, but I found it out later by reading the assessment letter (I was forced to take a test to see if there was a learning-disability explanation to my poor grades).
dhimes 18y ago
I had the same experience you describe.
Retric 18y ago
The same thing happened to me. I was classified "Exceptionally Gifted / Learning Disabled" which seems like a contradiction in terms but seems fairly accurate. The school would bend over backwards for me because of the LD issue, but I saw little difference from the EG part of things. Mainly it seemed like they had no idea what to do with me. For example: I was in a remedial English class in 8th grade and then bumped the next year into the Honors English class which I passed by the skin of my teeth. PS: While I spent a few hours taking a lot of 1 on 1 tests I don't know if they did a real IQ test and I got over 160 or if it was a "soft test" and they used the same term.