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the freak factor |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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I was tested as a child to measure stuff within my brain-- a quotient of intelligence-- and logic was the game. They said that it would help to know what they should try to teach-- and oh they heaped upon the praise when the quotient came--143! Today I took a test again but methinks something's amiss. I tested at 132-- yes, ignorance is bliss. I wondered where potential went-- which bad habits ate at brain. I started to remember things-- then stopped because it caused me pain. I had a realization then that gave me quite a start-- ever since I took that test I hated the word "smart." A little rebel in me grew-- I hated being tagged a freak. Ever since I took that test? I gloried in stupidity. |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
I started to remember things-- then stopped because it caused me pain. Wow. As usual, I enjoyed your writing (and that was an understatement). However, I'm going to disagree with ignorance being bliss. Personally, I find that ignorance begets pain. Then, that's me, and I think I've always been a little different. Again, enjoyed!   Kielo I need to change my signature. :D |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Ki? I changed that line several times, but settled on that one, as it referred to the quotient of my measured intelligence as being something I really didn't need to know as a child. I did allow my son to be tested (he tested MUCH higher than I ever did) under the condition that he not know what the test was for, and never be told the outcome. Really, there ARE somethings we don't need to know....hugs you...yer a doll..yanno that? --edited because? bad habits eat at brain [This message has been edited by serenity blaze (10-06-2002 01:59 PM).] |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
Thanks. As long as we're being honest, I'd have to say that I admire you more than any other person on the site. I'm going to hide now.Kielo |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
serenity I could have found out the results of the IQ test I took in high school...but I was either afraid to find out I was stupid or smart. Enjoy being a non number. Besides, human potential is measureless. Right? Enjoyed your poem! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Thank Martie...was exactly my point--and the I.Q. test has no measure of wisdom--it doesn't test things like knowing that if you are making the kids a jug of kool-aid? it's easier to just pour the kool aid on top of the sugar instead of funneling in it separately, and? it's also easier to mix if you only fill the jug halfway with water first, then add the rest... Hell, Einstein couldn't find his way home--for 25 years at the same address!  I don't set much store by them... |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
I'm not even gonna tell you how low I tested! (it was in the 98 percentile, but oof ...) Exactly -- it don't matter. FreakyMike |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
rofl! you're too cute KAREN. me - well, i won't tell ya, but it satisfied my ego. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
well then, C? you KNOW, doncha? "tagged a freak" it's inverse psychology, doncha think? |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
ah yes... but Karen - i like being a freak.  |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Serenity, I liked your poem. I fully understand it. I never wanted to be an "egg-head" in school, so my Mom was always being told that I wasn't "doing work that was up to my potential". Besides, lots of times a person who is a genius has absolutely N-O common sense.....the kind of smarts it takes to live and survive in this life. I enjoy reading your ideas on things. Thanks for sharing with us. Love, Ethel |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
thanks all...gg? certainly. but..C? I say...we get some nice dry staw--it's pleasing to the customers when the caged one growls---with winks---izzit not? C? ooops...backspacing already--you win. |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
I'm Forrest ForrestGump |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I don't think 'smart' can be measured nor do I think it should be measured. What difference does it make in life? You can't measure a person's compassion quotient or love quotient or 'heart' quotient and without these you can't use your smart wisely. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Run...Forrest...naw... life is like... wan't some candy baby? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
wow...where'd YOU come from? *snort* I thought I left ya in anudder forum! heh heh mornin' Sharon! |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Never took that test. I think somebody else was afraid of the results. But hey, tests are all about finding what you are looking for, not about finding anything else. "Grab a pen, grab some paper, do yourself a little favor." e |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
and an aside to Christopher---I am quite curious now to know what you scored--not because I am impressed by such, but because, I'd like to compare to my son's--BECAUSE, as y'know, ya'll share the same birthdate! well...of course not the year...but I woefully admit, "coulda been" and hey Krawdad baby! thanks for popping in...missed ya lovie! |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
Huh? |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
Once I took an IQ test, I tested better than the rest, The teachers said to skip a grade, That with my brain I'd have it made. I said no, I'll tell you why, I had no want at ten to die, My older sister was age eleven, She told me I would go to heaven, If I joined her in her class, So I got dumb to save my asp. In the days of old, they didn't have gifted classes, so I was selected the high honor to skip a grade. My older sister said she would kick the living bejeebers out of me if I was in her class. I immediately became a C student. Have no idea what my IQ is, have no desire to, and on my grave they can inscribe, Here lies Tim His light was dim. |
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AniKay83 Member
since 2000-06-28
Posts 388Missing Since 1999 |
I wondered where potential went-- which bad habits ate at brain. I started to remember things-- then stopped because it caused me pain ============================================= Maybe the smart part doesn't describe me but these few lines I can definately identify with. Good read and a good choice (in my humble opinion) not letting your son know about the test or the results. It's good to encourage your children, but also good to let them be children. I should know- I still am one. "No one has ever loved ~anyone~ the way ~everyone~ wants to be loved" |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
*nods* That much I know. Let your kids be kids, because not being one leads to being someone like me. *shudders* I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Ok, I'm pleasant again. Kielo I need to change my signature. :D |
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