Should IQ be a requirement? - Page 6

HungLikeJesus · 08-17-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Tealight?

It's a kind of small candle.

But I think tea time and tea break are redundant.

I thought the word was "sex."

08-17-2007, 06:18 PM

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Hey I could give a shit about your actual score. You'll notice I haven't posted any of mine.

Nor do I, the tests I have been given from MENSA, at schools and college, form psychiatrists and psychologists all seemed different... of course they all happened pretty far apart.
The reason I gave a score, was to illustrate how ridiculous the tests are in my opinion.
What I find to be very funny is that people focused on the number, even though I was saying that I feel it is wrong.
Again, people should not compare themselves to others, especially when it comes to something as fake as an IQ test.
What is really telling is that the scoring systems were different for every test, so the number may not mean what some think it does.
Though I have been tested at, or above, genius, consistantly... and AGAIN state that I am NOT a genius, I just test that way. The tests are a joke.
Yes, I gamed a child's test, kids are not stupid they know what people want to hear and tell it to them consistently. I was called out for it more than once.

Aliantha · 08-17-2007, 07:53 PM

I find it interesting that so many people here claim to have had their IQ tested.

What I think would be more interesting is to know if those tests were formal IQ tests or not.

In Australia, it's very rare for someone to be formally tested because IQ testing is considered to be generally unrepresentative of a persons actual intelligence. That is to say, you might score well, but be totally useless in other situations. Education and vocational training is tending to follow gardiner's theory of multiple intelligences which is probably a lot more realistic in every day situations.

Most kids that are formally IQ tested tend to be tested because they have learning issues. IQ tests are also used to determine disorders such as aspergers and autism. They're not used to predict how many A's a kid is going to get on their next test.

Perry Winkle · 08-18-2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I find it interesting that so many people here claim to have had their IQ tested.

I was tested twice. The first time for admittance into a gifted school/program in 3rd grade. I was accepted but didn't attend. The second time I was tested because I had filed for disability when I was REALLY, really sick, and when I got better the govt. provided career counseling and a formal IQ test was part of the evaluation.

DanaC · 08-17-2007, 07:58 PM

Tea lights are those little candles in a metal cup.

DanaC · 08-17-2007, 08:04 PM

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But I think tea time and tea break are redundant.

Exsqueeze me? Nothing redundant about a tea break. Certainly nothing redundant about tea time. Case in point, a text conversation this very afternoon:

me: you wanna do friday drinks? tea time at the Hairy Lemon. I'll scurry up the puzzlers

friend: ok but J not there til later. 5.30 at the lemon.

See? tea time on this occasion was half five.

Aliantha · 08-17-2007, 08:07 PM

Any time is tea time!

Speaking of tea, I hosted a high tea at my place last Saturday complete with cucumber sandwiches.

It went over very well with the girls.

DanaC · 08-17-2007, 08:10 PM

Did you cut the crusts off?

HungLikeJesus · 08-17-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Did you cut the crusts off?

Cucumbers have crusts?

Aliantha · 08-17-2007, 08:12 PM

Of course! I also had little asparagus roll ups with snow pea sprouts and hollandaise sauce. I had little cakes and chocolates and about 6 different types of tea to choose from. I even had cake stands!

DanaC · 08-17-2007, 08:16 PM

God I'm hungry.

Aliantha · 08-17-2007, 08:20 PM

Yeah me too. I just put some left over lasagne in the microwave.

Cloud · 08-17-2007, 08:23 PM

Long Island Ice Tea is about the closest I get to a tea party in Texas, girls. Well, there's Sweet Tea, too . . .

And, BTW Aliantha: I

lerts!

lumberjim · 08-17-2007, 08:23 PM

GABBLY IS DOWN THERE (points down there )

DanaC · 08-17-2007, 08:24 PM

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Cucumbers have crusts?

What, yours don't?

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08-17-2007, 07:53 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I find it interesting that so many people here claim to have had their IQ tested. What I think would be more interesting is to know if those tests were formal IQ tests or not. In Australia, it's very rare for someone to be formally tested because IQ testing is considered to be generally unrepresentative of a persons actual intelligence. That is to say, you might score well, but be totally useless in other situations. Education and vocational training is tending to follow gardiner's theory of multiple intelligences which is probably a lot more realistic in every day situations. Most kids that are formally IQ tested tend to be tested because they have learning issues. IQ tests are also used to determine disorders such as aspergers and autism. They're not used to predict how many A's a kid is going to get on their next test. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2007, 08:07 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Any time is tea time! Speaking of tea, I hosted a high tea at my place last Saturday complete with cucumber sandwiches. It went over very well with the girls. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2007, 08:12 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Of course! I also had little asparagus roll ups with snow pea sprouts and hollandaise sauce. I had little cakes and chocolates and about 6 different types of tea to choose from. I even had cake stands! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2007, 08:20 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah me too. I just put some left over lasagne in the microwave. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2007, 07:58 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Tea lights are those little candles in a metal cup.

08-17-2007, 08:10 PM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Did you cut the crusts off?

08-17-2007, 08:16 PM	#11
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	God I'm hungry.

08-17-2007, 08:23 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Long Island Ice Tea is about the closest I get to a tea party in Texas, girls. Well, there's Sweet Tea, too . . . And, BTW Aliantha: I lerts! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-17-2007, 08:23 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	GABBLY IS DOWN THERE (points down there ) __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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