by Frannie Banannie 31 Replies latest jw friends
Have you ever wondered what your IQ is? Or at least what the "professionals" claim it could be? If you didn't have or take the opportunity to acquire a formal education, have your life experiences increased your IQ? Go to www.emode.com and take the IQ test.....they have lotsa fun tests, career tests and personality tests, too and even a test to see if you have Adult ADD......!!!
I was shocked! My IQ was 144...and I didn't have viable opportunity for formal education.
Frannie B
Mine is 131. Pretty interesting, I've never done one of those before.
kj
Yeah I am Inventive Inquisitor which means I am creative. Learn by doing. Teacher to others by life's experiences. I am good with numbers.
Personally I don't do well with numbers nor do I like to work with numbers. Which I was surprised.
Old Crow
Try this IQ test. It's UK-based but you can still take it. Just pick your location randomly.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/iq/
E-man posted it in this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/60510/1.ashx
I had mine tested when I was 8.. something like 153...
"Isn't that wonderful?" BULL$#!+. It SUCKS. All of a sudden, you owe the world something because you actually pay attention and can figure things out a little quicker. Reading at three isn't a blessing...it's a curse. God forbid you be different.
Growing up in the org doubles that... You always have doubts by virtue of your racing mind, making you worthless in the elder's eyes, but because you have these talents that Jehovah gave you, "well, brother, you're smart, so you should be a GREAT pioneer..."
My dad, God Bless him, never could make the connection that just because I can write, imagine things and comprehend verbosity, that somehoow meant I could clean, rake, mow and work faster.
I try to use my gifts to the fullest...but there are a lot of times I would have swapped it for an 115 IQ, a few more freinds, a little less uncertanity and a feeling that I fit in. Knowing the right answer in class gets you the same look from others as if you had just foamed at the mouth, I've found.
"Intellegence has fewer practical applications in the world than you'd think." -- Scott Adams.
Ummmm....how do I join MENSA?
my IQ is 120
I measured 143 -- but I have been high IQ since I was first measured at the age of 8 -- mind you I became aJW so I doubt the figure --how can an intelligent person get brainwashed into becoming a JW
xjwelder:
It's easy...personal experience....
You have this er, gift that you aren't comfortable how to use. this makes you really insecure. You will trust anyone who says they love you. That includes (especially) parents.
Your parents are JW's. They love you. They MUST be doing the right thing.
As you get older, you (naturally) have doubts. But your parents are so loyal, and want more than anything to keep you in and repeat the line that the organization is the best way, and that the best use for your intellegence is Pioneer and go to Bethel. They also hold you to your promises made at 10 years old.
You don't want to displease them...It's a massive lack of intellegence, and more of an act of insecurity.
My son is in school now. I hope he tests high, but definitely not too high.
i did my high school senior thesis on methods of measuring IQ. i've been interested in it ever since i was tested myself at age seven. In my opinion, not to rain on anyone's parade, but IQ tests are bunk. Plus, as i understand it, your score doesn't tell you how intelligent you are in the way you might think. if you think of your brain as a measuring cup, an IQ test will tell you how big a measuring cup you've got, but it's up to you to fill it or not as you choose. i wish i could find the paper i wrote on the subject, i put a lot of effort into it but damned if i can figure out where i packed it. :\
