Anyone have an iq less than 100?

[Anonymous]

I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

[Anonymous]

Things like malnutrition and lead exposure impact IQ. Stress and other ailments can impact IQ. My psych professor said Intake of glucose at a certain timing and dosage was used successfully to manipulate IQ test results.

Imagine if you are an extremely poor kid in a stressful environment. You’re going to focus on survival. Where are calories coming from? Is there a safe place to sleep tonight? It doesn’t lend itself to focusing on developing the very specific thinking skills prized by middle class gatekeepers of academic and intellectual institutions. My high school guidance counselor decided physics wasn’t for me because of my skin color. My mom was a science teacher and ended up teaching me at home.

[Anonymous]

I have a staff of 10 and I would guess about half of them have IQs in the 80-90 range. The work in the finance depart of a large company, usually processsing a queue of documents. Purchase orders, paying invoices, processing accounts payable, validating expense reports, simple HR transactions, etc. There are tons of well paying office jobs that can’t be automated yet where people monitor a queue of customer or employee requests and process each item that comes in until the end of their shift. Over time they become experts in a their process. You never notice how not bright / sharp they are until you try to change a process or change the IT system they use.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here is an idea of IQ and jobs. Plenty of great jobs with IQ <100.

When I remodeled my kitchen I had to renew all electrical wiring. The electrician ( an engineer with Masters) was so dumb that half of his work had to be redone - he hooked up the ovens and a dw together and tried to prove to me that it's the code that I can't use it at the same time. I think IQ is very fluid and can't really be measured, especially by profession.

I don't believe for a second that your electrician had a masters degree or was an engineer. Not that I don't believe you, but rather that he (or she) lied. The two occupations have about as much in common as a dental hygienist and a maxillofacial surgeon. I have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, and can't wire *anything* in my house--nor do I like touching wires in houses. It's just not the same thing at all. Aerospace Engineers don't fix engines on planes or fly them, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

This info seems to be typical for that profession. I personally chose to have my infant/preschooler spend days with someone with an IQ over 130 to give them the best possible advantage. Me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

This info seems to be typical for that profession. I personally chose to have my infant/preschooler spend days with someone with an IQ over 130 to give them the best possible advantage. Me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

This info seems to be typical for that profession. I personally chose to have my infant/preschooler spend days with someone with an IQ over 130 to give them the best possible advantage. Me.

So they can be a smart a$$hole?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things like malnutrition and lead exposure impact IQ. Stress and other ailments can impact IQ. My psych professor said Intake of glucose at a certain timing and dosage was used successfully to manipulate IQ test results.

Imagine if you are an extremely poor kid in a stressful environment. You’re going to focus on survival. Where are calories coming from? Is there a safe place to sleep tonight? It doesn’t lend itself to focusing on developing the very specific thinking skills prized by middle class gatekeepers of academic and intellectual institutions. My high school guidance counselor decided physics wasn’t for me because of my skin color. My mom was a science teacher and ended up teaching me at home.

To clarify... he was able to manipulate performance not IQ.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

This info seems to be typical for that profession. I personally chose to have my infant/preschooler spend days with someone with an IQ over 130 to give them the best possible advantage. Me.

So they can be a smart a$$hole?

Yes, that's it, because all SAHM who love caring for their own kids raise assholes. WOH mom wins!

[Anonymous]

I haven't read this whole thread but DCUM has one of the wealthiest readerships on the web. Wealth of course doesn't necessarily mean intelligence but there is certainly a link (in order to acquire and hold on to money, most people need some intelligence) so there is a skewed population here.

I have an IQ of like 135-140 and I come from a VERY smart family. My mom is crazy smart. And my husband also comes from VERY smart parents. So have smart kids and most of our family is smart. Do I think everyone is smart because I'm around smart people? That would just be confirmation bias. I think the answer is simply that this is a website smart people gravitate towards therefore a disproportionate sample size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read this whole thread but DCUM has one of the wealthiest readerships on the web. Wealth of course doesn't necessarily mean intelligence but there is certainly a link (in order to acquire and hold on to money, most people need some intelligence) so there is a skewed population here.

I have an IQ of like 135-140 and I come from a VERY smart family. My mom is crazy smart. And my husband also comes from VERY smart parents. So have smart kids and most of our family is smart. Do I think everyone is smart because I'm around smart people? That would just be confirmation bias. I think the answer is simply that this is a website smart people gravitate towards therefore a disproportionate sample size.

Not only what you said but also I think a lot of somewhat slower people get very discouraged and offended when they get snarky but honest answers to their naive questions here. Survival of the fittest on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would guess that my DD's very lovely preschool teachers probably have IQs right around 100. They are very good preschool teachers, but it's a profession where EQ is much more important than IQ.

This info seems to be typical for that profession. I personally chose to have my infant/preschooler spend days with someone with an IQ over 130 to give them the best possible advantage. Me.

So they can be a smart a$$hole?

Yes, that's it, because all SAHM who love caring for their own kids raise assholes. WOH mom wins!

Not all SAHM's are a$$holes, you just sound like one.... and not that smart either.... low EQ for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of my students have IQs in the 70s and low 80s yet they don’t qualify for IEPs even though they struggle.

Because that's not how IEPs work. They must show a processing deficit or a discrepancy in a specific area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read this whole thread but DCUM has one of the wealthiest readerships on the web. Wealth of course doesn't necessarily mean intelligence but there is certainly a link (in order to acquire and hold on to money, most people need some intelligence) so there is a skewed population here.

I have an IQ of like 135-140 and I come from a VERY smart family. My mom is crazy smart. And my husband also comes from VERY smart parents. So have smart kids and most of our family is smart. Do I think everyone is smart because I'm around smart people? That would just be confirmation bias. I think the answer is simply that this is a website smart people gravitate towards therefore a disproportionate sample size.

or maybe people with high IQs are not that nice/have low EQ... as you can see from this website and people with low IQ are nicer, have higher EQs and don't enjoy mean people so they stay away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a staff of 10 and I would guess about half of them have IQs in the 80-90 range. The work in the finance depart of a large company, usually processsing a queue of documents. Purchase orders, paying invoices, processing accounts payable, validating expense reports, simple HR transactions, etc. There are tons of well paying office jobs that can’t be automated yet where people monitor a queue of customer or employee requests and process each item that comes in until the end of their shift. Over time they become experts in a their process. You never notice how not bright / sharp they are until you try to change a process or change the IT system they use.

And let me clarify in case it wasn’t clear. These are professionals with college degrees providing a valuable service and performing well at their jobs. Some of them will never manage a team, either due to a lack of ability or lack of ambition, but they are good employees who aren’t taking tickets or flipping burgers.