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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Just hanging out
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Two-Year-Old Becomes World's Youngest Female Mensa Member Sat, 2007-06-23 Georgia Brown has become the youngest female member of Mensa after scoring a genius IQ score of 152 at the tender age of two. Georgia's parents knew she was a bright child, especially when she could already count to ten, knew her colors, and was even starting to learn some French. Their suspicions were confirmed when they had her take an IQ test. George was crawling at five months old, and walking at nine months. By 14 months, she was dressing herself, and her parents say that she spoke very early on. By 18 months they say that she was having proper conversations. And when they took her to see the movie "Beauty and the Beast", shockingly, Georgia said "I didn't like Gaston (the villain). He was mean and arrogant." Her parents always knew she was bright and gifted, and the move evident this became, the more they began to worry about her future education. So, her mother contacted Professor Joan Freeman, a specialist educational psychologist, for advice. Freeman administered a series of tests to measure Georgia's intelligence, and discovered that the little girl had an IQ of 152. She says that she is by far the brightest 2-year-old she has ever met. An IQ of 152 puts her in the top .2% of the population, and puts her in the same intellectual league, proportionate to her age, as physicist Stephen Hawking. Once her IQ was discovered, Georgia was invited to join Mensa. She is now one of only 30 members under the age of 10. Georgia and her family live in Aldershot, Hampshire, where she is the youngest of five children.
 
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24HourNut Administrator  Body pillows rock!
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Wow!
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Learning Contentment
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Nifty, eh? Both my children have high intelligence quotients - my daughter extraordinarily high - and I did not tell them their scores until they were ten years old. I did not want them to feel they were more superior than other people thus I avoided the issue until asked. High intelligence is grand but it means nothing without a fine character. Thankfully, they understand that a high IQ is only a measure of intellectual capacity, not a mark of inherent superiority. We all have our gifts and faculties, some of them intellectual. If they use their intellectual gifts for the betterment of humanity and live lives of service to God and humanity, then their gifts will be put to good use. I've known many a brilliant human being with a lamentable character, and of what use is that? Better a child of average intelligence with a fine character than a child of high intelligence with a poor character. And if the child be both highly intelligent and of good moral character? Well, that is "light upon light," the very best possible outcome. I pray this child's parents assist her to fulfill her potential whilst teaching her good moral character, empathy for others, and a concern for ethics and justice. 
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1jester Pioneer100© Member  Pilgrim Sojourner
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It's hard to believe you can actually measure IQ accurately at the age of 2. I always wondered why they asked me at the age of 16 if I wanted to take the test for children or the one for adults (At 16 I was allowed to take the adult test apparently but still was able to take the children's version). I wonder what I would have scored had I taken the children's version. I also wonder about the unusual and a bit snide response of the examiner when, after I had finished, he said, "Wow, I knew you were intelligent, but not THAT intelligent." I don't put much stock in those oversimplified "IQ" tests.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -Matthew 22:37-39 |
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cynicalninja Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Happy Heretic
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If thats true at the age of 2, maybe we should be investigating child cruelty on the part of the parents of we should be keeping her DNA in a test tube. Maybe she has a photographic memory ?, thats not intelligence, thats good memory. Why waste it?, if its real, and I have my doubts, can you have a conversation with her ? This doesn't seem plausible, either she is a genetic freak or she has had extremely ambtious parents coaching her intensely, either way. Her IQ (learned academic intelligence not real emotional intelligence) is surely subject to change as she grows up ? Creepy. Attachment: (Downloaded times)
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Learning Contentment
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When my brother and I were children, we knew a boy who graduated from university at the age of nine. His parents were constantly coaching him on facts and figures, applying terrible pressure upon him to succeed. I always felt sorry for him. True, he was exceptionally bright, but how horrible that his parents went out of their way to place him in a pressure cooker and lived vicariously through him. He never had time to be a child. I don't know what became of him but I doubt he is a well-adjusted adult. 
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation 
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A few thoughts: 1) Being a member of Mensa doesn't hold any benefits, that I'm aware of (although I'm sure it's a decent way to pick up women/men, which wouldn't help this girl for another 16 years or so...). 2) A high IQ doesn't necessarily mean high practical intelligence (i.e., common sense) and it's completely divorced from emotional development. Someone I know has a boyfriend in Mensa, and he's probably the biggest dumbass I know of that's not a cartoon character. 3) Part of intelligence is environmental as well as biological. I (probably like a lot of people with spina bifida) was speaking complete sentences at 2 and holding conversations (albeit about things a two-year-old would want to talk about, I guess). I don't find that part of the story extraordinary. What would be extraordinary is if she retained this advantage into her college years. The older you get, the higher the bar goes.
"It's been a long December, and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last." -- "A Long December", Counting Crows |
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Britt Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Learning Contentment
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Brian wrote: A few thoughts: All true, dear Brian. 1) Agreed. Personally, I know people in MENSA (including a few family members) whom are very unpleasant braggarts. They get together with other MENSA-ites and stroke one another's egos. It holds no benefit other than a false belief in their superiority. Personally, I would never permit my children to join MENSA. I believe it is wrong to suggest to a child that they are superior to other people. We all have gifts and talents, thus we all have giftedness in different areas. Yes, we must recognize excellence, but simply excelling on a test does not prove excellence, it proves you can do well on a test. Several of my family members belong to MENSA. I have always refused. The last thing I want is for my children to believe their intelligence is more important than their character. 2) Agreed, once again. I have a family member in MENSA incapable of remembering to wear his shoes, ha-ha. Thankfully, he has a VERY patient wife, otherwise he would leave the house unshod. There are a variety of intelligences, logic-mathematical only one of them. IQ tests primarily measure logic-mathematical intelligence, with limited attention to spatial and linguistic intelligence. They do not measure giftedness in other areas, for example mechanical aptitude, creativity, interpersonal intelligence, or adaptability. 3) Yep. We all have inherent talents and faculties that can only be realized through a nurturing environment designed to maximize these particular abilities. Without proper training, they become unused and atrophy. And you're right: The bar is higher when you're older. We all know people whom "rest on their laurels" and claim superiority based on something they did 10+ years ago. What matters is who we are NOW, and are we using our talents for the betterment of humankind? IQ means nothing if it is not translated into action. You must have been a neat little boy, Brian.
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Kimber767 Original500© Member  Ask me about Self Advocacy
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Wow, the little girl is amazing.
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Britt wrote: You must have been a neat little boy, Brian. Actually, I was probably a real handful at that age. I couldn't run around and get into things like other kids that age could, I guess, but when you're that young and talkative, you tend to say things your parents don't really expect (and in public). My mother likes to tell this story: One time I was sitting in a movie theater behind a woman with a big afro. I tapped her on the shoulder and said, "Madam, could you please remove your hat?" 
"It's been a long December, and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last." -- "A Long December", Counting Crows |
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