My ‘baby’ brother tested out with an IQ in the 180’s. He’s a self-published, communal house managing semi-liberal, sorta conservative property owner with a gun who hates groundhogs with a passion and never has touched drugs or alcohol in his life. Oh, and he’s as self-sufficient as any human I know....right down to the solar panels on his house.
Did he go to college? No, tried it, bored him.
Do you know what he does for money? He’s a handiman. And he makes a fortune doing it...the man can plumb, wire, tile, build...etc, you name it. Can work circles around most folks (as long as he has a nap in the middle of the day).
I know I’m biased, but the world would be a better place with more like him.
My ‘baby’ brother tested out with an IQ in the 180’s. He’s a self-published, communal house managing semi-liberal, sorta conservative property owner with a gun who hates groundhogs with a passion and never has touched drugs or alcohol in his life. Oh, and he’s as self-sufficient as any human I know....right down to the solar panels on his house.
Did he go to college? No, tried it, bored him.
Do you know what he does for money? He’s a handiman. And he makes a fortune doing it...the man can plumb, wire, tile, build...etc, you name it. Can work circles around most folks (as long as he has a nap in the middle of the day).
The interesting "educational" experience I had recently was the 50th anniversary of the graduation of my high school class.I was in about the top 2% of my HS class, and went on to get an engineering degree - back when not everyone went to college. Was I the most successful in my class, or anything close to it? Nope.
And we were all adults, treating each other as the equals we were - only with the distinction that we used to know each other. If only vaguely, in many cases. An interesting experience, pointing out the extreme exposure of the typical child to being rated publicly on his/her performance at endeavors at which he/she is merely average. And revealing how artificial the school environment really is.