Iq scores and population

Your IQ is your score on a particular intelligence test. The test has an average score of 100 points. That means if your IQ is 100, half of the population scores higher than you. The other half scores lower than you. If you have an IQ of 130, 97.5 per cent of people in your age group scores lower than you. Only 2.5 per cent scores higher. The following is a graph of IQ scores for an entire population.

IQ Range
85-114	Average
115-124	Above average
125-134	Gifted
135-144	Highly gifted
145-164	Genius
165-179	High genius
180-200	Highest genius
> 200	“Unmeasurable genius ”

READING 3

The loneliness of being a genius

Many people think that it must be great to be a child prodigy. You’re smarter than everyone – even your teachers. All your friends are jealous because you don’t have to work in school. Your parents are really proud of you and they never complain about your schoolwork.

Unfortunately, for most prodigies, the statements above are incorrect. Many children prodigies have lonely, friendless childhoods. Why? Because their intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and chronological ages are very different. Even a very young prodigy may have the intelligent of an adult but he or she still has the social and emotional level of a young child.

Research on the development of children’s friendships shows that friends think of themselves as similar to each other. This means two children who are friends like the same activities and they act and speak in similar ways. Many highly gifted children can find no one who is like them, so they end up lonely and isolated.

For example, Ian is six. His IQ is over 200, and he is passionate about dinosaurs. Many children of all ages also like dinosaurs. However, Ian rarely finds someone to talk to about his passion. Other six-year-olds know too little. Even older children don’t know enough. And they don’t find his knowledge interesting. In fact, they often don’t like him because he keeps correcting them. Ian can only talk about dinosaurs to knowledgeable adults. The adults are kind, but he is not their social or emotional equal. He’s still a child. Therefore, Ian never feels he has a true friend because no one really shares his interests at the same level.

2. R eading comprehension

1. Check your predictions

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