IQ=160

[mapuc]

Last Weekend I was told by my sister that my 11 year old niece has an IQ = 160.

She was tested at the University Hospitals psychological -something.

The Only problems that lowered her IQ was something called structure and order- My niece doesn't really function 100 % when she has to sit still or there's quiet in the room.

My sister would gladly sent her to a school for gifted children, but she can't effort it. It's a private school so you have to pay for it yourself.

Markus

[Moonlight]

I always thought that these gifted children had their education paid for by the state, now where did I get that stupid idea from.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

I always thought that these gifted children had their education paid for by the state, now where did I get that stupid idea from.

The school where she is, know she very gifted and so is another girl in that school.

My niece has English with 8 or was it 9 grade student and she has Danish with the top class(10th grade I think it was)and she is way better than these student who are older than she.

I don't know by math-which she don't like by the way-but she has absolutely no problems with that.

Markus

[Platapus]

I don't know if a special school is in her best interest. One thing gifted (what ever that means) children need to learn is how to interact with those less gifted (what ever that means).

If she is as smart as the test indicates, she will spend the rest of her life working with and working for people less intelligent than her. She may even have people less intelligent than her working for her. She has to learn to handle that.

In any case, I feel that it is less about how intelligent someone is (assuming that intelligence can even be measured) but more about how they can use whatever intelligence they have.

I wish her the best of luck.... she may need it.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I don't know if a special school is in her best interest. One thing gifted (what ever that means) children need to learn is how to interact with those less gifted (what ever that means).

If she is as smart as the test indicates, she will spend the rest of her life working with and working for people less intelligent than her. She may even have people less intelligent than her working for her. She has to learn to handle that.

In any case, I feel that it is less about how intelligent someone is (assuming that intelligence can even be measured) but more about how they can use whatever intelligence they have.

I wish her the best of luck.... she may need it.

This is her 10th or 11th school she have is now. In the last 9-10 school she was bullied. This because she was different. the other children couldn't understand her so they mocked her. This school is better, she isn't getting bullied.

She is helping her friends in the school a lot.

Markus

[Commander Wallace]

That is really Impressive. A friend told me once that he was tested and posted similar numbers but I think he was referring to his blood alcohol content.


Congratulations Markus. I'm sure she is doing better with other kids that are similar to herself.



I hope she does well.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Last Weekend I was told by my sister that my 11 year old niece has an IQ = 160.

She was tested at the University Hospitals psychological -something.

The Only problems that lowered her IQ was something called structure and order- My niece doesn't really function 100 % when she has to sit still or there's quiet in the room.

My sister would gladly sent her to a school for gifted children, but she can't effort it. It's a private school so you have to pay for it yourself.

Markus

Test her again.

I am not saying or implying anything, just pointing out that IQ is a very dubious concept in psychology with many different definitions - and thus differently structured and designed tests. Saying that as a former psychologist myself. One of my former profs, specialist for psychophysiology and intelligence-related stuff, even goes one step further and says the whole research done on intelligence is so screwed up and methodologically messed up that all theories on intelligence, and especially its inheritability, but also its pure quality, should be kicked into the waste bin and be forgotten about. I have seen even bigger discrepancies in IQ test results than 30 points. Differences of 20 points are not unusal. - I had three tests myself, and scores were 118, 128 and 148 - so there you have ten, twenty and thiryt points difference as well. Nothing unusual. - I still suck at maths, btw.

Ask for information on the test she has done, and then get her tested by different standards and re-test with a different test battery. For kids, there are not as many batteries and tests like for adults, but still, there is diversity: and each of these tests weighs different factors and theories in a different fashion.

Possible the first result gets confirmed, more or less. Possible also the second score will be 30 points less.

And do not ignore the girl'S personal interests and hobbies, if she has any.