I just want to chip in that not all Asians are of high IQ and that IQ doesn't mean that you are a better person. My wife is Filipino and a much nicer talk-about person than I am, and yet she would not understand most of the info going on, in fact, she doesn't like to talk about it. Not a Scientologist, but they discuss the whole IQ thing as Theta and there's some truth there.

I lived in the Philippines 3 years and ran into a lot of unintelligent teachers that couldn't solve simple math questions. A high School math teacher that couldn't figure out any number squared or cubed and we are talking 5 then 2... Nice person, but not who I'd want teaching math to my kids.

IQ is not a guarantee of success, never scored below 135 on an IQ test and could often score 145 and I have taken a lot of IQ tests, but I didn't do squat with my life. IQ is a curse for me because I realize my life was damaged by my shit childhood. Molested as a toddler, then again at 12-14. Watched Mommy get beat up by her fellow drunks that she choose to run with, and not even married to most of them. There were people who tried to buy me at the age of 10 (No idea their intentions)

Didn't do squat in school after Elementary school, slept and read in class in my self-medicated state of smoking weed, and got passed along, I didn't disrupt the class. At 19 I tried to go into the military, but couldn't get in due to the lazy eye from Daddy punching Mommy in the belly when pregnant, at least I lived even though born at 7 months 4 Lbs 5 oz, at least I didn't die like the sibling that lived 4 days, born 361 days later, she was 2 lbs 5 oz. The military sent me to an eye specialist, but I was a no-go, recruiter telling me my score was 1 in 1000 and they really wanted me, Thanks, Daddy.

Dropped out at 14, but passed the GED without studying at 26, and scored high enough on the ACT to receive an honors 2+2 scholarship, school doesn't get the money if they don't have a qualifying student. I didn't want that, I just wanted computer science classes. Didn't finnesh my degree tho'

I'm definitely damaged goods emotionally, but I use what happened to try and help people, and I'm proud of that. I'm not shy to share stories from my life if I can help someone turn their life around, by leaving an abuser before the children are damaged, or going to trade school, college, or the military. Maybe 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 has a lightbulb lit up by my conversation. I'm good with that.