Interesting. I already have an awareness of how those under a 90 IQ would perform in general. I was a Speech Language Pathologist and I used to work with handicapped children. Some were so low in IQ they were barely able to solve simple cause and effect problems (turning on a switch to get a toy to turn on). It was one of the most challenging jobs I had to provide age-related activities to kids who were teenagers who were always gonna function at a 6 months age level. I enjoyed the challenge of figuring out what would engage my clients including those on the spectrum.
I dealt with autistic children who had very high level splinter skills. One could decode words phonetically and read them aloud with the correct pronunciation but he could not really understand the meanings of the words themselves when he was only 18 months.
I actually had a kid who loved cars. He would automatically store your car make, model and year along with your license plate number and categorized everyone he met with this information. And would pull up this info when he met you. He had other savant qualities when it came to numbers and math. But he was totally lacking in social skills
My hubby has his PHD in Physics and when he was in grad school I noticed a number of very bright individuals lacking social skills in his department. One of them ended up staying at the school working there after he got his PhD in Physics because he couldn’t get a job. He didn’t know how to dress himself nor did he dress appropriately, didn’t seem to know how to shave properly or bathe when necessary and he wasn’t able to speak coherently.
As bright as my husband is even he has some skills that aren’t as high. He is not mechanically inclined at all. He has to read directions to put anything together. I am able to look at something and figure it out on my own. It was hard for him to admit it, but after almost 50 years of marriage he only last year admitted he can’t do that well and I was much better at it. He runs circles around me though in math skills and other areas .
Just so ya know there are other intelligences that people have that are not measured by standard IQ tests. Social skills and mechanical abilities are just a couple of them
I agree completely! My wife is our company bookkeeper and office manager. She is shrewd in finances and very frugal. She's also a great judge of character - she can spot bad people (or good people with bad intentions) from her first introduction to them. I tend to believe in people in general, so have been burned by such societal dregs a few times.
She's never taken an IQ test, but she is definitely intelligent in many ways : ). BTW - married 40 years and counting
Interesting. I already have an awareness of how those under a 90 IQ would perform in general. I was a Speech Language Pathologist and I used to work with handicapped children. Some were so low in IQ they were barely able to solve simple cause and effect problems (turning on a switch to get a toy to turn on). It was one of the most challenging jobs I had to provide age-related activities to kids who were teenagers who were always gonna function at a 6 months age level. I enjoyed the challenge of figuring out what would engage my clients including those on the spectrum.
I dealt with autistic children who had very high level splinter skills. One could decode words phonetically and read them aloud with the correct pronunciation but he could not really understand the meanings of the words themselves when he was only 18 months.
I actually had a kid who loved cars. He would automatically store your car make, model and year along with your license plate number and categorized everyone he met with this information. And would pull up this info when he met you. He had other savant qualities when it came to numbers and math. But he was totally lacking in social skills
My hubby has his PHD in Physics and when he was in grad school I noticed a number of very bright individuals lacking social skills in his department. One of them ended up staying at the school working there after he got his PhD in Physics because he couldn’t get a job. He didn’t know how to dress himself nor did he dress appropriately, didn’t seem to know how to shave properly or bathe when necessary and he wasn’t able to speak coherently.
As bright as my husband is even he has some skills that aren’t as high. He is not mechanically inclined at all. He has to read directions to put anything together. I am able to look at something and figure it out on my own. It was hard for him to admit it, but after almost 50 years of marriage he only last year admitted he can’t do that well and I was much better at it. He runs circles around me though in math skills and other areas .
Just so ya know there are other intelligences that people have that are not measured by standard IQ tests. Social skills and mechanical abilities are just a couple of them
Thanks a lot for this excellent post, LQdy., Have a hug and flowers!🤗💐
Up until half way through your post I thought I had found my sister in law on here 😂
This is so true, that are multiple types of intelligence & we should build each one the best we can as individuals.
I agree completely! My wife is our company bookkeeper and office manager. She is shrewd in finances and very frugal. She's also a great judge of character - she can spot bad people (or good people with bad intentions) from her first introduction to them. I tend to believe in people in general, so have been burned by such societal dregs a few times.
She's never taken an IQ test, but she is definitely intelligent in many ways : ). BTW - married 40 years and counting