tube fanatic Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 As a kid I considered myself "bright" because I skipped 8th grade. Guess I was delusional:http://news.yahoo.com/eleven-old-earns-three-degrees-one-finishing-high-210623117.htmlMaynard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Maynard, just because you went through the 7th grade twice does NOT mean you skipped 8th grade. +++ I question how smart the 11 yo's parents are is in the article you referenced if they had their child's IQ test at age four. I would suggest if a parent has the IQ of a normal child (ie, not a child with a deficit) tested at the age of 4 they do NOT have the child's best interest in mind, even though the Stanford-Binet IQ test claims to be valid for children as young as four. This looks like pure ego on the part of the parents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I "was" a pretty smart kid, skipped 7th grade. I also grew up at the "Wedge" surfed everyday, dad signed me up for the 8th, went to the first day of school, and never went back. For the entire next year, surfed the coast of Ca. Dad found out of course, took me shooting in the Desert of Socal one weekend, when done, was promply dropped off at Military School 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Just think of how much you learned that whole time. Priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 25, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Here is an article about the classic case of the childhood genius delusion of parants. This kid lived near us, and one day he is on 60 minutes. When I spoke to him I always thought him to have had great memory, way above average, but as far as independant analytical thought, I really didn't think he had anything beyond what other kids his age had. It was all his dad, it was his Dad's career to promte this kid as a genius. Very, very sad. However, it is just as bad with sports, and a whole host of other things where hucksters aim to seperate delusional parents from their money. Travis http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-price-genius/ Edited May 25, 2015 by dwilawyer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 You missed the best grade. I loved the 8th grade! Sorry to hear that.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I "was" a pretty smart kid, skipped 7th grade. I also grew up at the "Wedge" surfed everyday, dad signed me up for the 8th, went to the first day of school, and never went back. For the entire next year, surfed the coast of Ca. Dad found out of course, took me shooting in the Desert of Socal one weekend, when done, was promply dropped off at Military School After the news, I bet you had the same look on your face as your Avatar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiminSTL Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 My father was born in 1917, in a very small, north Georgia town. Educated in a one-room schoolhouse. However, back then education and thinking were important (suspect his "self-esteem" wasn't considered, and all the PC bs hadn't been thought of yet). Anyway, he skipped 3 grades, entered college at 14, and stayed there 3 years, until he was old enough to be accepted in the Naval Academy, at 17. Of course, was during the Depression, and he and his family were thrilled at all the benefits of that opportunity. He spent the next 24 years, fought 2 wars, and rose to the rank of Captain. Then, his younger brother (by 10 years or so) actually turned out to be brighter still, and achieved considerable recognition as a PhD in Animal Science and Biology at the University of Georgia. It is amazing what necessity and some backbone will produce when all others around are finding reasons why something cannot be done . . . and surely accomplishing nothing in the process. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted May 25, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2015 Mi I "was" a pretty smart kid, skipped 7th grade. I also grew up at the "Wedge" surfed everyday, dad signed me up for the 8th, went to the first day of school, and never went back. For the entire next year, surfed the coast of Ca. Dad found out of course, took me shooting in the Desert of Socal one weekend, when done, was promply dropped off at Military School That brings back memories, but no military school for me, my parents friends lost a lot of kids in the previous "conflict" so maybe it was a bit of different time.Here are some of my favorite spots: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I "was" a pretty smart kid, skipped 7th grade. I also grew up at the "Wedge" surfed everyday, dad signed me up for the 8th, went to the first day of school, and never went back. For the entire next year, surfed the coast of Ca. Dad found out of course, took me shooting in the Desert of Socal one weekend, when done, was promply dropped off at Military School After the news, I bet you had the same look on your face as your Avatar What news ? He pulled into what looked like a huge desert motel, bunch of kid's all dressed the same looked like Penguins, we pull up in front of a large office in his GT350 just about the time he says get out, the door opens, and im dragged out. Three years later, im back in Newport trying to pick up where i left off, no one around, and i mean no one i knew, Dad's on my azz to work at one of his companys, so i figured id better get out of dodge. He was Marine, figured id pizz him off if i went in the Navy, dont know if that worked but Nam was fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Here is an article about the classic case of the childhood genius delusion of parants. This kid lived near us, and one day he is on 60 minutes. When I spoke to him I always thought him to have had great memory, way above average, but as far as independant analytical thought, I really didn't think he had anything beyond what other kids his age had. It was all his dad, it was his Dad's career to promte this kid as a genius. Very, very sad. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-price-genius/ And thus, a millennial is born..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Crud........... My IQ was tested when I was young. Now that I check I qualified for MENSA way back then. Now I feel like a loser. Could have done so much more with my life. Oh well - I will lay blame on my parents. Yeah, that's the ticket......... they should have done better by me. Jerks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Mensa is full of losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I was an 8th grade specialist or repeater they call it nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) IQ is a less valid and less reliable measure with young children than it is with adults. Psychologists and measurement/assessment textbooks are now reluctant to characterize people with an IQ above a certain level (e.g., 140) as being a "geniuses." The reasons are manifold. One is that people with these scores don't necessarily resemble people society recognizes as being geniuses. Crick, one of the Nobel prize winners who modeled the double helix, said he wanted people to know he had a normal IQ. Frank Barron's extensive research showed that IQ correlates with creativity up to IQs of about 120, then is no longer related. The scatter diagram resmbles a pear sloping on about a 45 degree angle, with the fat part of the pear toward the top. As to a possible relationship between weirdness and creativity, Barron did find that people who were nominated by their peers as being highly creative tended to have somewhat elevated MMPIs overall, and others found that scales 4 and 8 were more likely to be elevated than the other standard scales. Scale 4, in high elevations, may indicate psychopathology, but in the more moderate elevations shown by highly creative people, a scale 4 elevation might indicate distrust of authority, or rebelliousness. Scale 8 in very high elevations is consistent with Schizophrenia, but in the elevations shown by highly creative people would indicate unusual mental contents. This may be an understatement. Edited May 31, 2015 by garyrc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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