Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark wrote IQ tests only show the probability that the person taking it has had a white, anglo-saxon, protestant education through high-school - --------------------------------- Since 1979 it has been illegal to give general IQ tests to African American children in California public schools. A judge so ordered when it was demonstrated that these tests are so culturally biased that to use them for placement is a violation of some children's rights. He reaffirmed the decision again in the 1980's. I believe individual one-on-one tests by a qualified psychologist are acceptable. As a Psychology teacher, I agree. The ideas of multiple intelligences and the concept of emotional intelligence come much closer to being useful ways to understand individual talents in the real world. Re: plumbers and intelligence. I would be wary of stereotyping craftsmen in skilled trades as unintelligent. I have a friend and former colleague who earned perfect 800 scores on the SAT exams when he was in high school, numerous scholarships and awards in college and was a brilliant science teacher, opera singer, and musician. He quit teaching and started his own one man plumbing business. Fortunately, his talents in plumbing reflect his genius. He has to rely on word of mouth referrals because the Yellow Pages refuses to accept advertising from "Pump-A-Turd Plumbing". Bill Lawlor