Shouldnt the more inteligent kids enter the workforce and less  inteligent ones go to college to get smarter?
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Okay, if you need a life-saving operation, who do you want to perform the operation -- an average kid who just barely made it through med school or someone who is extremely bright?\n\nOne more thing:  if everyone is educated, what happens to the jobs that require no education?  Who will perform them?\n\nHuman beings are unique.  We were never meant to be little robots, all in a row, all one like another.
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Money and need are the keys. Each school is designed to cater to the kids with majority need in that area. If you're the only "smart" kid in your class then why would they create a "gifted" program just for you? \n\nIn cases such as yours, they usually allow the "gifted" kids to take classes in high-schools, or you could get tutored. You have options.\n\nAnd just as an advice for later in life, be humble about stating how "smart" you are and about how you're the "smartest."
716214
........many of them are niether dumb nor stupid.....Their income's are often triple the national average, and many of them pay for private education's for their children......They are niether sad nor stupid.......
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not everyone can afford to go and alot of times, out of high school many kids get involved in jobs that they end up loving and making a career out of.  Alot of people are lazy and do not have the drive to want to take school any further, and those are the adults you see working at mcdonalds or places in the mall
55936
Of course it is! Many doors will be open for you with little effort. Scholarships, good high paying jobs etc... But if you use your head in a positive way. if you are smart and don't have common sense it will all be worthless.
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It depends on what you call intelligence, and the environmental influences involved. If you have taken the tests before, you are more likely to do better--this doesnt necessarily mean you have gotten smarter. Also, a person might score really well on the test, but the test doesnt measure common sense or emotional maturity, which many could consider to be factors of intelligence also.
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I agree with you 100%. People who are "school" smart tend to base life and people by what they read in books. They're the one's who keep to themselves and never talk to anybody.\n\nPeople who use common smarts are those who have experienced life (good or bad) and base their conclusions on what they have gone through (relationships with friends, co-workers, family, lovers, etc...)
48876
why don't you listen to them and study so you can be smarter and get a decent job.
871601
I believe the Flynn Effect to be a fallacy. I assume that we have more general knowledge than previous generation because we have more structure than our ancestors. We have many more opportunities and have had further advancements in technology. \nThis is probably why past generations had lower IQ scores than we did.
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It could be difficult if your IQ is below 70.  Guaranteed, somewhere, there is a college for you, even if it's junior college (glorified 8th grade).
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Dear Rupal,\n            Education contributes a lot for our mental development. This can be clearly distinguished by seeing a literate child and an illiterate child. \n             From standard 1, we learn simple things, our mind opens a bit. In standard 5, we learn a little complicated things and our mind learns to tackle with complicated matters. In standard 10, we learn a bit technical education and our mind gets broader and learns to resolve technical problems.... and the series goes on and on... The more you learn, the more your brain expands and your brain gets used to tackle with difficult problems easily. We learn more and more with our experiences. You can take a man of 30 who is illiterate and a man of 30 who is literate and take their IQ test and the result we already know. By getting education, a child learns to differentiate between positive and negative, right or wrong, optimist or pessimist... How all this happens and what is the mechanism of the expansion of brain by getting education, is still a mystery.\n\nHope this helps!!
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Actually, I do believe life is more difficult for intelligent people because they realize when their situation really sucks.  Intelligent people are also more likely to ponder the "deeper" and more depressing things in life--death, meaningless of existence, Dubya's reign of terror, etc.  In that sense, they make life more difficult for themselves.  My IQ is 142.
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Do you think that the truly intelligent people are the ones that are not satisfied with the level of learning they have achieved, and are constantly trying to find ways to learn more?  And don't spend their time talking about how much smarter they are than everyone else?  : )
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yes.  It's getting more expensive to go to college because funding is being cut.  The "no child left behind" is an oxymoron because the schools can't produce the rules they mandate because of cut backs in funding.
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In one way you are right. It is true technology has pretty much made American students... dumber. One evidence of this is our present and our history. Many immigrants do come to the U.S. to strive for a better education which was never provided in their home land, but there are also those who do not aim for that education. There are many who just go to school to cause chaos and distractions for other students, and get involved in gangs and of the likes. Simply, immigrants aren't really to blame.
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Actually, its harder to be dumb and easier to be smart because you are constantly learning.  A person with knowledge is a person w/ power.  And a smart person would have to work really hard to be dumb because it tends to show in their personality and the way they hold themselves.
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We need to learn. All jobs require a certain amount of intelligence. As well, we have just one system in place in terms of jobs and academics, so you aren't recognized as "capable" or intelligent unless you go through the system that is in place, and that would be the school system. \n\nThe world needs a way to measure a person's capabilities, and supposedly school is that unit of measure. In other words, how would we know if a person is smart enough to work at a place? School is supposed to be your proof.