Anyone have an iq less than 100?

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My IQ dropped 10 points from reading this thread.

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My boss

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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.

Yes, it has
Along with the evidence that IQ is fluid. It cannot be accurately measured at 6 or 12

https://scienceline.org/2014/07/are-bilinguals-really-smarter/

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/does-being-bilingual-make-you-smarter

Quote from second: "So, does this make you smarter if you are bilingual? I’m afraid not. I don't know any study that shows a link between bilingualism and such concepts as executive intelligence, emotional intelligence or intelligence quotient."


I agree that testing IQ at 6 isn't super useful; scores at that age can absolutely be strongly influenced by the environment. By 12 they're much more stable and by early adulthood they're pretty much fixed. IQ also becomes more heritable as you get older. That's why promising gains in IQ from early interventions always fade out.

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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.

Thanks for the laugh that I needed today.

BTW, were you bored doing a job that only requires an IQ of 100?

I have learned on DCUM that many working moms, especially the lawyer types, think that any idiot can take care of young kids but only geniuses like them can have a real job like law. You just go on believing that, ok? I chose not to leave my infants and toddlers with daycare workers...oh, excuse me, "preschool" teachers...because I cherished every moment I had with them. When they went to school that's when I went back to work. And no, I wasn't bored. You have to be pretty special to not be able to figure out how to not be bored when you can do whatever you want. And taking care of my kids was never boring.

And then you homeschooled them?

I did homeschool my son for a half a year when he had a lousy teacher. Totally enjoyed that too.

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This doesn’t answer your question but... mine is in the 130s. I am 36 years old and my IQ is the least relevant part of me. Only Mensa members find it important. I have worked in a trade profession and now have a somewhat creative public service job and have also been a stay at home parent. The true marker of intelligence is being open minded and having a sense of curiosity - if you have a passion for something, you can take it to the next level, whether that is as a preschool teacher or something else. I have loved a few good daycare/preschool teachers and the world needs more kinds of people like that.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t answer your question but... mine is in the 130s. I am 36 years old and my IQ is the least relevant part of me. Only Mensa members find it important. I have worked in a trade profession and now have a somewhat creative public service job and have also been a stay at home parent. The true marker of intelligence is being open minded and having a sense of curiosity - if you have a passion for something, you can take it to the next level, whether that is as a preschool teacher or something else. I have loved a few good daycare/preschool teachers and the world needs more kinds of people like that.

I was a SAHM but I too have loved some good babysitters/daycare providers/preschool teachers. Many I have known were dedicated and hardworking people who just wanted to make a living, in fact those who had young kids would much rather have been home with their own kids than babysitting other people's kids. It wasn't the reward of the career that kept them there, it was financial necessity.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the abysmal critical thinking skills exhibited in 80% of the posts on this odious site I'd say that the majority of posters have IQs <100.

Keep in mind that based on analytics Jeff posted, only about 30% of users make more than 150K ... Most people on this site just aren’t that smart.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is 25. I'm a journalist.

You must work for Fox News

CNN, baby!

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is 25. I'm a journalist.

You must work for Fox News

PP said they were a journalist.

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

Take note on the above chart that "journalist/reporter/media" isn't even listed, lolz. Clearly they don't make the cut.

Too stupid to be a janitor? Well, you can probably be a great journalist.

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

Take note on the above chart that "journalist/reporter/media" isn't even listed, lolz. Clearly they don't make the cut.

Too stupid to be a janitor? Well, you can probably be a great journalist.

I don’t know about IQ but the bitch quotient on this thread is pretty high.

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

Take note on the above chart that "journalist/reporter/media" isn't even listed, lolz. Clearly they don't make the cut.

Too stupid to be a janitor? Well, you can probably be a great journalist.

On Fox, sure. How f*uckable are you?

Any Pulitzer winner is basically outside of this spread entirely.

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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.

Thanks for the laugh that I needed today.

BTW, were you bored doing a job that only requires an IQ of 100?

I have learned on DCUM that many working moms, especially the lawyer types, think that any idiot can take care of young kids but only geniuses like them can have a real job like law. You just go on believing that, ok? I chose not to leave my infants and toddlers with daycare workers...oh, excuse me, "preschool" teachers...because I cherished every moment I had with them. When they went to school that's when I went back to work. And no, I wasn't bored. You have to be pretty special to not be able to figure out how to not be bored when you can do whatever you want. And taking care of my kids was never boring.

And then you homeschooled them?

I did homeschool my son for a half a year when he had a lousy teacher. Totally enjoyed that too.

If you are soooooo superior why are you not homeschooling now? Don't you love your kid and want them to succeed???

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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.

Thanks for the laugh that I needed today.

BTW, were you bored doing a job that only requires an IQ of 100?

I have learned on DCUM that many working moms, especially the lawyer types, think that any idiot can take care of young kids but only geniuses like them can have a real job like law. You just go on believing that, ok? I chose not to leave my infants and toddlers with daycare workers...oh, excuse me, "preschool" teachers...because I cherished every moment I had with them. When they went to school that's when I went back to work. And no, I wasn't bored. You have to be pretty special to not be able to figure out how to not be bored when you can do whatever you want. And taking care of my kids was never boring.

And then you homeschooled them?

I did homeschool my son for a half a year when he had a lousy teacher. Totally enjoyed that too.

But other than that teachers were much better than you at teaching or you just didn't care anymore to give your kids the best possible advantage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, it has
Along with the evidence that IQ is fluid. It cannot be accurately measured at 6 or 12

https://scienceline.org/2014/07/are-bilinguals-really-smarter/

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/does-being-bilingual-make-you-smarter

Quote from second: "So, does this make you smarter if you are bilingual? I’m afraid not. I don't know any study that shows a link between bilingualism and such concepts as executive intelligence, emotional intelligence or intelligence quotient."


I agree that testing IQ at 6 isn't super useful; scores at that age can absolutely be strongly influenced by the environment. By 12 they're much more stable and by early adulthood they're pretty much fixed. IQ also becomes more heritable as you get older. That's why promising gains in IQ from early interventions always fade out.

More heritable?
Does that mean that ordinary people can only have an ordinary child?
Sorry, super smart people can have an ordinary child and ordinary people a smart kid.
You sound like you are suggesting people could evolve into superior beings

Bilinguals show enhanced executive control, a quality linked to better academic performance.
In America bilinguals tend to be poor, and the school system is set up to benefit one small section of society. But elsewhere where these restrictions are not in place, you can see the results.