Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/IQ tests/reply (8)

I think as long as you know what you are looking for, and what you are testing for, you're right it can "have it's place"

no, i take that back. Seriously, if a test is flawed, then what good is it. and if it is not flawed, what is the point of saying "you are better at doing this one specific kind of test than someone else". Does it really mean you are more intelligent, and if so, what does that even mean in the real world? Will someone who is intelligent be of more value than someone who is not?

I took IQ tests when i was in primary school, and was way way over the top (obscenely, which is emotionally why I initially distrusted them cause i'm simply not that smart). Yet i could not spell or do math. And when i took them at 16, i was on the lower end. (cause again, i can't spell, do math, or intuit grammar). So what did it gain me, one way or the other? What did that test gain for the school? Did they put me in the right classes? Was I smarter when i was 5, then when i was 16?

I mean, what are they for? Other than giving you bragging rights over someone "dumb", or give a school the right to put some kid in a lower class or some kid in a higher class (which is just bad bad bad form), what do they serve?

Other than "how fun, i got all those questions right".