Question: Can You Fail an IQ Test?

I think my professor is up to something. I already mentioned that my IQ is above average, yet she insisted that I take 2 intelligence tests. As a cover, she had everyone else in class take the same tests as well and gave them the same assignement as me, but I know she's singled out my superior intellect. I just haven't figured out what to do about that yet (cue creepy organ music).

To thwart her dastardly efforts, I tricked the system and scored the results of a more "normal" human being (that's the predominant species here on Earth, right?). First off, the regular IQ test. I couldn't blow my cover, but I didn't want to come across as someone as smart as a potato, so I did above average. I got a score of 124, with 100 being considered average, with a strong ability in Mathematics. The test took less than 15 minutes and consisted of 30 questions. How, may I ask, did I come up with that score? I haven't a clue. As I mentioned, I was trying to thwart the system. I just guessed a lot like any normal human being would. I noticed the test had mostly pattern-based questions. I don't know if that allows for a broad measurement of the human mind, since other aspects such as creativity and other skills were virtually ignored. Then again, humans have a fondness of patterns. The tend to wear patterns in everyday clothing and even their history is repetitive. It's like they enjoy being stuck in a cycle sometimes.

The next test was a bit more complex. It had to do with Multiple Intelligences. All you had to do was answer a bunch of questions on a scale of hom much you are or are not like what is being asked. The test givers are assuming that the people taking the test are (Ahem) being honest about themselves. Thus I easily saw how to manipulate this one. Every person in their right mind will want to make themselves sound more intelligent than they really are. Just choose the answer that makes you look better. It would make more sense for someone else who is completely unbiased who knows you to answer those questions. However, If I had scored perfectly in all of the areas, that would have drawn too much attention. I tried to think how the"honest" human I was trying to portray would answer, and I got the following scores: 13/25 in Musical Smarts, 15/25 in Kinaesthetic, Naturalistic and Visual/Spatial Smarts, 16/25 in Logical Smarts, 17/25 in Linguistic Smarts, and 19/25 in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Smarts.

Now the real fun is comparing my scores with that of everyone else, to see how average or above average I am. But right before I started pursuing that, I asked myself "What's the Point?" Am I so egotistical that I'll use a test score to prove I'm better than someone else? Shouldn't I look elesewhere for a feeling of self-confidence? Why should I berate someone with a lesses score than I. Then I remembered I was trying to act like a normal human being and began teasing my fellow beings of a sub-par intelligence.

By the way, that's not as fun as it might seem. I made a lot of 3rd Graders cry.


That brings me to my next point. Do tests such as the ones I took hold any validity in the school system? I think the answer is a Definite "maybe." I think the testing should and could be refined a bit so that there is a smaller margin of error (or lying) so that real scores are the result. A teacher may be able to look at the Multiple Intelligence test scores and by that determine how an individual student would best learn a particular lesson/subject. I'm posing as a Drama Teacher (so much for blending in), which if you think about it, encompasses all of the Intelligences. I don't think the IQ test alone is valid since we're dealing with creativity and human expression here.

I would try and have the parents/guardians of the students honestly score their children on the Multiple Intelligence Test so I can get an accurrate idea of where the students' strengths and weakness are.









Oh, if you are curious of what my real IQ score is, take the square root of (182 minus 17 divided by pi times 0 + 64) and tip that number on its side.