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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 257975" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I expect my daughter to be more successful than my gifted sons. I'm serious. She has the get-go, the know how, the street smarts and enough school learning to be very successful. I never put much on IQs. I know that EQ's are more important (this has been proven) and many kids don't test right. Some test better, some worse. Obviously your daughter isn't slow. Other kids pick up on that and sadly pick on them. I have tons of hope for my daughter. She NEVER makes me sad. I worry about my honor roll son who is on the autism spectrum. He is book smart, but hasn't a blue about life. My friend has a son with Aspergers who has an IQ of 160. He has never been able to hold a job, not even as a janitor. There is so much more to success than a sky-high IQ. Her son is on Disability and has very low self-esteem even though he can speak five languages and do advanced math. But he can't meld into a job situation or understand "work rules" or fit in with company politics and he is too disorganized to work on his own. He has no idea how to make and keep friends either. He married a woman from CHile that he met over the internet and he's lucky she is so tolerant and has stuck things out so far. SHes works while he stays home. A shame, I know. IQ in my opinion is pretty moot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 257975, member: 1550"] I expect my daughter to be more successful than my gifted sons. I'm serious. She has the get-go, the know how, the street smarts and enough school learning to be very successful. I never put much on IQs. I know that EQ's are more important (this has been proven) and many kids don't test right. Some test better, some worse. Obviously your daughter isn't slow. Other kids pick up on that and sadly pick on them. I have tons of hope for my daughter. She NEVER makes me sad. I worry about my honor roll son who is on the autism spectrum. He is book smart, but hasn't a blue about life. My friend has a son with Aspergers who has an IQ of 160. He has never been able to hold a job, not even as a janitor. There is so much more to success than a sky-high IQ. Her son is on Disability and has very low self-esteem even though he can speak five languages and do advanced math. But he can't meld into a job situation or understand "work rules" or fit in with company politics and he is too disorganized to work on his own. He has no idea how to make and keep friends either. He married a woman from CHile that he met over the internet and he's lucky she is so tolerant and has stuck things out so far. SHes works while he stays home. A shame, I know. IQ in my opinion is pretty moot. [/QUOTE]
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