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Originally Posted by tirsales
Do you by any change know the Simpson-episode in which Springfields super-intelligents took the power in the city?.
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Yes, I saw that episide and loved it.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
??? Why on earth did they do this??.
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I long ago gave up asking myself why "grownups" do anything. I still don't understand why they did what they did to us. I way already prone to not working very hard in school, and honestly, I think singling us out as special only made me slack off more. I started thinking that good grades were simply my due.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
A former classmate of mine - she actually had a better Abitur than I and has a lower IQ. She quite simply works harder then me. That much for a relation between IQ and success in school...
Another friend - he is a brilliant programmer. I am a good software developer myself - but he is better. He has a lower IQ but he can concentrate on one subject much better then I can. That much for a relation between IQ and success in other fields...
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No argument from me there. I glided through school, until I got to the university level. In the classes I loved (Art History, Astronomy, Physical Anthropology) I did well. In the classes I didn't care for, I bombed so badly I damn near flunked out of school. Because I had NEVER learned how to study. I'm quite sure that the students who flew right by me at UCLA didn't have the IQ I had .... big whoop .... they were getting As and I was trying to figure out how I had suddenly become so "stupid."
It wasn't until I got into graduate studies (and how I got into graduate school is a story in and of itself) that I really began to shine, but that was because I was (1) interested in the subject matter and (2) had finally learned how to study effectively.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
I agree.
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That I'm a pricklette??
Oh .... as an aside .... this will show you how having a high IQ doesn't help with some things. I punched the multiquote thingie, but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get it to work.
Anyone want to give a genius a hand with something that is probably obvious but that is clearly escaping her???
