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to want people to realise that theres more to me than my IQ?

133 replies

sickoftheholidays · 17/01/2011 21:40

going to try not to come accross as arrogant here, but I have a high IQ. Great you might think, but I am so heartily sick of everyone assuming that because I am (apparently) very intelligent, that to have any job which doesnt really need a high IQ is a waste of my talents?
I mean I have lots of talents, I can dance, I can sing, I am a great mum, hell I'd even go so far as to say I'm attractive (on a good day with make up on)
why cant people see that although I have this gift, that to use my other gifts instead isnt actually a waste?

OP posts:
UnlikelyAmazonian · 17/01/2011 23:26

I know the capital of Belgium
HTH

animula · 17/01/2011 23:27

smileypeople - isn't there something about IQ tests not being accurate (whatever that means) beyond 150, anyway?

freshmint · 17/01/2011 23:28

bolleaux twirlymum
you will only be accepted if your cheque doesn't bounce

Mumcentreplus · 17/01/2011 23:29

[knows AF'a arse is definately bigger than her IQ] Grin

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:30

do people pay for these repeated IQ tests then ?

< bursts out laughing >

< points at the stoopid people >

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:31

MCP...my arse is own claim to fame, I'll have you know

You don't need an IQ when you have an arse like mine Grin

animula · 17/01/2011 23:32

I don't know about all this "bright" stuff.

Surely there must be something people being like plugs and needing the right socket in order for any of it to matter, and to be expressed, and actualised, rather than potential.

Our society doesn't really seem to give much of a stuff about potential intelligence, since we seem very happy to permit social and economic inequality to play such a determining role in lives.

Which is, i guess, why people are intrigued when they have potential intelligence recognised in some form. Would be lovelier if people felt free to grow into who they are, luxuriantly, though.

But anyway ... back to the OP.

twirlymum · 17/01/2011 23:32

I agree.
But I cling to it whilst doing my brain-numbing job Grin

JaneS · 17/01/2011 23:32

I'm afraid I don't think you can judge it like that, smiley. Loads of us will have had IQ tests for all sorts of mundane, non-arrogant reasons. And quite a lot of us will have IQs of 120, 130 or 150. It's really not so very unusual.

I do know people who've taken a few tests on the net and become very proud of the results without realizing that many internet tests are scams or fakes.

But it comes across as mean to assume most people on this thread are like that, without evidence. You could just point out that internet tests are not good, or something like that?

Btw, you'd be surprised how many psychologists not only read, but also comment on, previous reports in their own assessments. That's just my own experience, but I've seen quite a lot of assessments. Some are bad but many are very good and conscientiously done, I think.

Mumcentreplus · 17/01/2011 23:33

Yeahhh...an arse with a moon orbit is kinda special Grin

JaneS · 17/01/2011 23:33

Well said, animula.

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:35

yeah...see the new moon here up in the left hand corner of your screen, just under "advanced search" ?

it is orbiting my arse

gravity cannot be denied nor fought against

twirlymum · 17/01/2011 23:36

I'm also fucked off at my school for not pushing me.
But even more fucked off at myself for doing nothing with it.

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:37

I mean full moon

see how stoopid I am ?

animula · 17/01/2011 23:39

I think we've both de-railed it, LRD.

Btw, one of my friends at college had dyslexia, and was doing an arts subject. It was quite an mountain to climb, so I'm guessing you have determination, too. That's really not meant in a patronising way, btw. It really did take focus, and persistence, and all the rest, for him. He ended up with a double first.

JaneS · 17/01/2011 23:39

Oh, shame - I was enjoying the idea of a new moon-shaped arse. It sounds all delicate and pretty, dontcha know?

Mine is more reminiscent of a giant lumpy potato than anything else. Sad

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:40

mine has a dark side, too

and it has a man in it, every friday night < ahem >

JaneS · 17/01/2011 23:43

animula - my little brother is dyslexic and has a first, and I am dead proud of him. I do think that it is a big achievement and I could understand if he were to feel that degree result was really important to him given how often he was told he was thick or lazy. So in the same way I can understand the OP mentioning her high IQ, as it sounds as if she is doing it as a defense mechanism because other things that undermine her.

It is amazing your friend has a double first though - wow. Smile

JaneS · 17/01/2011 23:44

See, there was an intellectual tone in this thread, and you let it right down.

...

Grin

(Appropriately, I nearly typed 'groin' instead of grin there, and had to delete hastily)

Mumcentreplus · 17/01/2011 23:44

You are forgiven AF...a moon-arse can be completely distracting..flexes bum-cheek...now everything is totally out of alignment dammit! Grin

Asteria · 17/01/2011 23:46

I have it on good authority that the higher the IQ the lower the common sense...

animula · 17/01/2011 23:46

That;s lovely about your brother.

with friend, I think he was trying to impress a woman, so that helped.

Determination is good. I need that. The courage of the little mountain goat. Sigh. Rather than the placidity of the goldfish.

Right. I'm off to be as the mountain goat. Good night.

AnyFucker · 17/01/2011 23:46

somebody had to introduce a silly note to this thread

some of you were in real danger

of disappearing up your own arses !!

Asteria · 17/01/2011 23:49

AF - can I have some more caramel please? My arse is in danger of shrinking to reveal my monstrous IQ...

Catnao · 17/01/2011 23:49

Dear God - my mother would have fit right into mumsnet when we were little. Obsessed with our IQ scores and how "bright" we were. Reading at pre school, top of the class blah di blah...
Out of 5, only one has no discernible, life affecting mental health issue. I think the anorexic and the convicted criminal are the two that grate the most though. Wink

(I love my mum very much by the way, and we are very close. Just think she made some mistakes in terms of values... she's doing it now with MY son - happily, I don't WANT or NEED him to be top of the class - just happy, and achieving what he CAN)