chessie, do you know the history of the creation of the IQ tests? They were made by the military long ago, around the emancipation time period. They were used to have a way of "deciding" which soldiers got which kinds of jobs. They were written by anglo males, when african american males hadn't been sent to enough school to know how to read. I dont' know which version of an IQ test you took, i can tell you, though, that being a hispanic female, the few iq test questions i have read make absolutely no sense. THey ask things like about hall of famers of famous baseball teams, or perspectives that were not taught in my culture and seem idiotic to me, when common sense to all others, and i seem idiotic to most, except perhaps other first generation people from mexico. So don't hate the number! IT just means that you have stuff in common with old white guys from years n years ago. lol i'm just kidding
actually, it's not your fault about the school stuff. I'm a teacher (i fell into it, would NEVER have wanted this except i live in Hell paso where my degrees dont fit in. Education is the only semi-decent paying job. well i was in GT my whole life so i never had traditional classes, and now my coworkers often accuse me of "teaching too much" and having expectations that are too high. Can you believe that sh#&^%(???? I was in a mtg with a principal n a teacher leader said they all believe i challenge my kids too much. OMG i wanted to cry and i wondered if the same type of morons had been my teachers, people that believe us dumb lil hispanics cant learn what the rest of the country learns. You see, schools always been a piece of cake for me. I had decent grades cuz i somehow managed, but my home life did not revolve around education. When I got home, i had to help my parents build our future house. I remember being in 5th grade and having to hide flashlights under my blankets to try n do homework and then my sister ratting me out. High school was worse!
So I realized the more I showed intelligence at work, school, anywhere, the more people wanted to pile their work on me. I learned how to be more low key. I will never, and my coworkers hated me for saying this, but I said, "Why should I lower my intelligence to be able to reach more people? Why should I have to pretend to be dumb in my head so i can teach kids at a lower capacity, when my scores clearly show that I'm teaching everyone, including the special ed kids. Why should i have to come to work and expect to have to downgrade my intelligence to fit in, or lower my work ethic?"
So u c, it's not IQ or other forms of intelligence or wealth or degrees or years on teh job that matter, it's social intelligence. Emotional intelligence rules reality. Guess who gets to make the big decisions about kids educations? Certainly not the smart people. Nope, it's the less academic people that know how to schmooze and get along.