IQ Testing

IQ testing...everyone wants to know their own IQ, and where they fit in, in the scheme of things. Everyone wants to think that that are smart, and so in this sense I do not see the harm in IQ Testing. I believe that the harm comes when it begins to affect a child and where they too see themselves in their learning. Every child learns at their own pace and may reach a point of intelligence before another, but may plateau at another point. My sister had several intelligence tests done on her, and she was found that she could move up several grades in mathematics and English, but she chose not to. She chose not to because she did not want to separate herself from her friends and enjoyed being in that grade at that age. Also she would have found certain things different like maturity levels and so on and so may have found herself behind in other things, which is a horrible feeling for a child in uncertain circumstances.

Many children are convinced to move into grade ahead of them., and then the school and parents and the child them self find out that they are out of their league in other ways, maybe in socializing, or other areas that affect them, which then puts a strain on their already strained atmosphere of being with all the 'big kids'.

As much importance as you can put on intelligence, social adjustments are just as important or more. Socializing is used in every single aspect of our life in some way, and not being properly 'socialized' can affect every aspect of our life. If you spent several years of your life not hanging out with kids your own age, you will be affected by that too. Also in regards to IQ testing, so much work is put into creating and doing the IQ tests, with little benefit from them in comparison to the work. Once you are labeled with something, it is hard to get rid of that label.