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IQ in children

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BaskeyJill · 29/09/2012 19:21

My friend is a teacher and made a comment the other day that made me wonder. She thinks that she can identify which children in her year 4 class could go on to be doctors, solicitors, vets etc and which children would never be capable of achieving the grades needed.

My pfb DS is 7 and has just started year 3. When I look at him I assume he could be anything he wants to be. At the moment he is slightly below average (he is an August birth) but I think he is still so little! He has another 11 years of school until he does his A Levels and I am a bit Sad that my friend thinks he isn't ever going to achieve the 'higher' tier jobs.

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frazzledbutcalm · 29/09/2012 19:28

Do not listen at all!! And do not worry!!
ALL children have the same capability when they are born.. how we nurture and positive parent them enables them to achieve their potential. If they say they want to be an astronaut then we tell them that's fantastic, we give them books and knowledge about their chosen hobby/career/passion. This information fuels their thirst to achieve. While they may not end up an astronaut they may become very high up elsewhere in that field.

Also remember children change drastically as they grow up and develop. They change constantly and can be VERY different aged 18 than they were aged 8 or 9.

With your love and commitment your ds will catch up if needs be, and will find his chosen career that makes him happy.

RedHelenB · 29/09/2012 19:28

IQ means diddly squat!!!

BridgetBidet · 29/09/2012 19:24

Bollocks. And if she thinks that she probably shouldn't be a teacher.

I had a teacher who was the type who thought that kind of thing when I was at school. She was almost uniformly wrong.

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