[AccessD] OT: Quote of the day

> 
> Now, the point of that story is -- if, at the same time, that friend 
> and I had both taken IQ tests -- she's have probably scored higher than
me.

I doubt that very much.   Based on my reading of the people on this list,  
I reckon I could name several  people here who, in their school days were " 
in the top 20%"  and "doing good if I handed in my homework and showed up
for class 4 days out of 5".  They are the sort, who ace IQ tests if they can
be bothered to do them. 

The real smart ones are the one who work out early on just how much they
have to do to get by comfortably in school.

========I wasn't acing anything, and looking back, I don't feel so smart. I
had the opportunity to get a great education and I blew it off because I
could get decent grades with no effort. That's not smart -- I was totally
stupid and immature. 

> My
> success with the SAT's and ACT's was the way they asked questions, not 
> the questions themselves. She memorized things, and she memorized a whole
lot.
> However, what she didn't memorize, she didn't know.  I just thought 
> through the questions and gave the answer that seemed the best. I 
> didn't know the answers to most of the questions. I reasoned many answers,
I didn't "know"
> the answers. 
> 
Exactly. Knowledge is not intelligence and you should never confuse the two.
Sounds like the people who design your SATs and ACTS are smart enough to
know this and are testing the right thing.

========Yes, we agree here. My natural ability may have been greater than my
friend's, but she was using hers and I wasn't. She was assimilating, I was
guessing. I was able to reason through the questions and you may be right --
if the tests are measuring intelligence -- the ability to comprehend and
reason -- and test your knowledge as well, you might be right. 

Susan H.