I gave up on studying Pharmacy due to inability to score 120+ in IQ test though my academic performance says something different.

My brother and sister and other friends have higher IQ.

My brother's IQ is 130,and he scored 305 once in UTME.

My sister`s IQ is 162,and she once scored 278 in UTME.

My IQ is 106 and I scored 169 in UTME.

But I memorise things faster than them,how come?

A friend of mine once scored 140 in UTME,but he is much intelligent than me. His IQ is 126.

Can someone please explain? It bothers me to have lower IQ than dumbs.

IQ deals with Intelligence, Recognition and Placement. Academic excellence deals with Retention of Info and placement.

You may have a high IQ and still be struggling academically,where your IQ comes in is how you handle situations generally,how fast you think ( Smartness)

While a person with lower IQ may be able to Retain information faster and longer,but may not be smart.

So it's not in all cases they complement each other,though some few people have both,majority have one of each( which is necessary for successful living)


Thank God for what you have,Imagine those who lack both.

shilenji:
IQ deals with Intelligence, Recognition and Placement. Academic excellence deals with Retention of Info and placement.

You may have a high IQ and still be struggling academically,where your IQ comes in is how you handle situations generally,how fast you think ( Smartness)

While a person with lower IQ may be able to Retain information faster and longer,but may not be smart.

So it's not in all cases they complement each other,though some few people have both,majority have one of each( which is necessary for successful living)


Thank God for what you have,Imagine those who lack both.

But don't you think it`s injustice to equally test people of different levels of intelligence?

Nature is not honest for blessing people unequally. We should all have same IQ.

But since nature is fallible,we should neutralise this imperfection.

Intelligent people should thank God,but we should thank ourselves.

Tests should be according to person's IQ.

Mmm I support this!!

Khaleepha5681:


But don't you think it`s injustice to equally test people of different levels of intelligence?

Nature is not honest for blessing people unequally. We should all have same IQ.

But since nature is fallible,we should neutralise this imperfection.

Intelligent people should thank God,but we should thank ourselves.

Tests should be according to person's IQ.

Khaleepha5681:


But don't you think it`s injustice to equally test people of different levels of intelligence?

Tests should be according to person's IQ.

That would be unfair to persons who have higher IQ. Some have high IQ but really poor at memorizing things, they prefer to recognize it in their own way, which will definitely affect their performance and you have people with low IQ who can give it back to the teacher verbatim without being able to break it down to their understanding.

In school I found 90% of questions my mates asked very annoying; and these were the scholars of the class, yet they kept on asking stupid questions. On my part, I found it difficult to study with pace, I got distracted easily. Then I end up reading up to 60% of the text a night to the exam, and I barely revised. So my performance would’ve been really poor if my questions were more difficult.

As they say, life no balance and that’s just how it is.

CuteEmma:

That would be unfair to persons who have higher IQ. Some have high IQ but really poor at memorizing things, they prefer to recognize it in their own way, which will definitely affect their performance and you have people with low IQ who can give it back to the teacher verbatim without being able to break it down to their understanding.

In school I found 90% of questions my mates asked very annoying; and these were the scholars of the class, yet they kept on asking stupid questions. On my part, I found it difficult to study with pace, I got distracted easily. Then I end up reading up to 60% of the text a night to the exam, and I barely revised. So my performance would’ve been really poor if my questions were more difficult.

As they say, life no balance and that’s just how it is.

True!

I once knew a guy who score 350+ in utme to tell you how intelligent he is but he is a dummy like he is not smart.

So I would put it like this,

1. Been Intelligent

This is very necessary in your academics.

2. Been Brilliant (smart)

This is necessary for survival.

In my school I do watch two sets of people, those bookwarm they always read like they never gets tired even me I do read but I hate complex mathematics and equations I prefer something that relates that topic to real life so I can stimulate it, that way it stays longer in my head. Now to the other set of persons these guys don't read but they have a way of cheating in the exam hall you can never catch them one was even taken to the front where lecturers was sitting they were 4 lecturers they and this dude still outsmart them using his phone to cheat so of us are looking at it as cheating but that's what we humans are, we were designed to figure out the easiest way out, how to make life easy.

So don't be surprised that those bookwarms might be intelligent but the other guys might have more IQ

Voldoz:


True!

I once knew a guy who score 350+ in utme to tell you how intelligent he is but he is a dummy like he is not smart.

So I would put it like this,

1. Been Intelligent

This is very necessary in your academics.

2. Been Brilliant (smart)

This is necessary for survival.

In my school I do watch two sets of people, those bookwarm they always read like they never gets tired even me I do read but I hate complex mathematics and equations I prefer something that relates that topic to real life so I can stimulate it, that way it stays longer in my head. Now to the other set of persons these guys don't read but they have a way of cheating in the exam hall you can never catch them one was even taken to the front where lecturers was sitting they were 4 lecturers they and this dude still outsmart them using his phone to cheat so of us are looking at it as cheating but that's what we humans are, we were designed to figure out the easiest way out, how to make life easy.

So don't be surprised that those bookwarms might be intelligent but the other guys might have more IQ

This is thought -provoking. Let me ask, can we equate being cunning, manipulative and taking advantage of the trust people place on us and exploiting their vulnerability, with smartness?
For instance, a lady may always act weak so that she can get things from her guy and if she succeeds, she starts thinking she is smart...could we really call that being smart?