[bvw]

I'll vouch for that, historically speaking. I'll go out on a limb even ... in my *feeling*, the IQ of the general american popoulation has gone up maybe 10-15 points since 1940. And the IQ of the negro population has gone up even more than that -- maybe 20-25 points.

I would attribute it to cars and mass media, TV.

Still doesn't change that the high schools are doing a poor job in basics such as math, grammar, science, literacy, geography and history. In fact, if it is as I say -- that native IQ's are higher, then our high schoolers should be doing much much better than 1940's, and it is even more of a hit on the education system that they are not.

[FITZ]

I'll go out on a limb even ... in my *feeling*, the IQ of the general american popoulation has gone up maybe 10-15 points since 1940.

Maybe you should watch a couple of Jerry Springer or Maury Povich shows --- I'm not sure the IQ of the general population has gone up.