Anyone have an iq less than 100?

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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.

I don't know what I said that implied that I thought that it was fair to say that people with high IQs were nice or mean or that people with low IQs were nice or mean.

I think I am a nice person, I think Jeff would say my posting history would say I'm a nice person. I find quite a few very kind and nice interactions on DCUM on a regular basis. People here have been kind to me in my moments of struggle. And sometimes snarky.

I think generally generalizations cause more harm than good PP. Look for the good and you will find it, look for the bad you'll find that too.

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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?

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.

And not all WOH are bitches either but some make it crystal clear that they are.

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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.

Ridiculous. I don’t know my IQ, but on the LSAT, my score was in the 99th%, so I would guess it is over 100. Preschool teachers absolutely do a better job at nurturing and teaching 3-4 year olds than I would. My kids didn’t really benefit from me quitting my high paying job and staying home (I did). Intelligence is highly heritable and having a small child around a jerk like you all day is damaging.

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Being bilingual boosts your iq. The constant switching between languages and cultural know how
It is a pity esol classes and high esol schools have so little resources

[Anonymous]

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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.

Slower people get discouraged by snarky answers to their naive questions here? I don’t think so. There are plenty of intelligent people in this area, but many of them are lacking in common sense/street smarts. They are your source of naive questions and thin skin here - it is not the garbage man or janitor asking if it is OK to dress in costume and sing along when going to see Hamilton

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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.

Oh I know! Every year, these same students are brought up to SST but there is nothing we can do for them. They are not making the expected progress because they are working to their potential. Most of them seem slow to very slow. I feel bad for them. It often runs in their families especially along the female/male divide. We just got testing done for a student and her IQ scores were just as low as her sister. Their brother seems to have an average IQ because he learns at an average rate. The two girls don't qualify for an IEP though. They are working to their potential but God forbid anyone brings that up at these meetings. Why test them if we aren't going to acknowledge the elephant in the room. They just aren't that bright. They are very nice kids though so I'll take them over some entitled, rude students in my class who are smarter.

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Shouldn't this be under the "Polygamy should be legal?" thread?

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Anonymous wrote:Who are all these people who know their IQs? I have never had a reason or desire to be tested.

I wonder the same. No one know their IQ in my family except my son because he has ADHD.

I was tested as a kid to be identified as Gifted. I dont know the exact number but the cut off back then (1988) was 135 or over.

But as previous PPs have said it doesn't automatically mean you will be successful and I have respect for anyone who works hard and makes an honest living.

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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.

Oh I know! Every year, these same students are brought up to SST but there is nothing we can do for them. They are not making the expected progress because they are working to their potential. Most of them seem slow to very slow. I feel bad for them. It often runs in their families especially along the female/male divide. We just got testing done for a student and her IQ scores were just as low as her sister. Their brother seems to have an average IQ because he learns at an average rate. The two girls don't qualify for an IEP though. They are working to their potential but God forbid anyone brings that up at these meetings. Why test them if we aren't going to acknowledge the elephant in the room. They just aren't that bright. They are very nice kids though so I'll take them over some entitled, rude students in my class who are smarter.

I think I know the same family. They will be okay, mainly because nice and hardworking will keep a job that rude and smart loses.

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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.

Ridiculous. I don’t know my IQ, but on the LSAT, my score was in the 99th%, so I would guess it is over 100. Preschool teachers absolutely do a better job at nurturing and teaching 3-4 year olds than I would. My kids didn’t really benefit from me quitting my high paying job and staying home (I did). Intelligence is highly heritable and having a small child around a jerk like you all day is damaging.

Could be, but my kids turned out just fine, so how about you just do you. I'm sorry you don't know how to nurture or teach 3-4 year olds, I do.

[Anonymous]

IQ means nothing! have we not figured this out yet?

I'll take my very high EQ over my very average IQ any day. I really do mean that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being bilingual boosts your iq. The constant switching between languages and cultural know how
It is a pity esol classes and high esol schools have so little resources

That's not actually true. People used to believe that, but it hasn't been borne out by research.

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Anonymous wrote:IQ means nothing! have we not figured this out yet?

I'll take my very high EQ over my very average IQ any day. I really do mean that.

IQ might not be everything, but it's certainly very important in the world we live in. There's abundant research that shows this.

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Anonymous wrote:IQ means nothing! have we not figured this out yet?

I'll take my very high EQ over my very average IQ any day. I really do mean that.

It’s not nothing. Maybe once you reach a minimum IQ, those extra points above and beyond that don’t mean that much. But there is a huge difference in life outcomes for someone at an IQ of 70 vs 120.

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Mine is 25. I'm a journalist.