Today, my 11-year-old son and I took an IQ test for a laugh. To be honest, I've often suspected that I may have some form of mental retardation, but I didn't expect to get a score of 79, while he got one of 114. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I took a legitimate IQ test and got a score of 80. My parents both have IQ scores above Einstein’s. FML
Today, I took an online IQ test, even though I knew they give everyone unrealistically high scores. My score was 73. FML
Today, we got the IQ test results back, which show our daughter is on the high end of the genius scale. This confirms what my wife and I have long feared: our 6-year-old is FAR smarter than we are. No wonder she wins all the arguments we have. FML
Today, my husband, who is proud of his 155 IQ, is depressed our son is becoming a typical football jock with an IQ only just into the triple digits. He even thinks I must have had an affair, because no way could someone as smart as him have produced such a blockhead with tattoos. FML
Today, my dad took my son out of his will, so I confronted him. Turns out he has a new policy of “not rewarding dumb behaviour.” He’s willing to put him back in the will, if he ever scores over 120 on an IQ test. I love my son, but he’s a happy goldfish, 120 is just never happening. FML
Today, to settle a bet with a friend, I took an online IQ test twice. The first time, I chose answers at random without reading the questions. The second time, I took it for real. I got a higher score from the random selections than from my serious attempt. FML
Today, my son is smarter than average, almost genius level, and he has now reached an age where not only does he question me at every turn, he actually out-argues me 90% of the time and I can’t do anything about it because technically he’s right and I’m wrong. FML
Today, my 50-year-old dad was in a foul mood after taking an online test that put him in Slytherin house instead of Ravenclaw where he "belongs" because he's "so smart". FML
Today, my mom was taking an online IQ test. To the question "On which continent is Canada located?" she responded "Antarctica." If intelligence is genetic, I'm screwed. FML
Today, I asked my father if it was okay for me to take an ADHD test. He spent about 30 minutes yelling at as to why that is a dumb idea. I have asked multiple people who know me better than anyone else and they believe that I might have ADHD. FML
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ArgentumAurum 24
Well you should be proud that you have a smart child.
RBntM 10
At least your son is smart
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Headcrab 29
Be glad. Being smarter than average is nothing but a burden IMO. I'm at 125 so nit genius levels but still...
tobyisgerman97 1
that's impossible, you need 80 to be able to talk and 60 to be able to walk, theres something not right. its normal to have 120 to 140
Miss_Chevious 37
Is it just me or the people talking about there IQ are rather depressing for the OP?
honeymoonroyale 20
Kind of a dumb question, but don't they have different tests for different age groups? If they do, it would make a lot of sense. Your child is still in school (presumably), as his skills would be pretty fresh, while you (presumably) are not in school, so it's not as fresh? Or maybe you just let your guard down, because you thought being compared to your 11 year old wouldn't really phase you. Either way, you have a very smart child :)
fantasyworld 39
Online tests aren't that good.
winkydink13 6
Are you Forrest Gump?
GiggityGiggityGo_fml 8
Are people aware that 112 is roughly the average? 140+ is considered intelligent, 160+ is genius level, (Albert Einstein for example allegedly had an IQ of 160)
pooispoois 2
I signed up just for this comment: for all the folks disputing that 114 is not above average, you are wrong. IQ tests are statiscally designed such that 100 is the average. This is done by testing the population first and then retrofitting the results into a normal distribution with an average of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. This means that even if everyone "doubled their smarts" between today and tomorrow, the average IQ score would still be 100 (in fact, by construction everyone's IQ score would stay the same even though they would be twice as smart). By statistical construction, an IQ of 114 means the kid is in the top 18% (as regards IQ test scores).
GirlWhoLovesVB 9
Although obsessed with technology...
bobman3355 4
Wait is 114 a good score my iq is. 127 and dont feel super smart
OscarEcho 12
No, 127 is within normal range. But 114 is very good for an 11 year old. To OP: 79 is also within normal range, so you've got nothing to worry about :) . Between 50 and 70 is concidered light mental disability.