re: Valedictorian? 4.0?! Speaks like a hoodlum

I can tell he cheated for that 4.0, just by looking at him. His smug tone just confirmed it.

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Say you are a very intelligent person brought up as a tribesmen in Africa or even less extreme English simply isn't your first language. You are going to at least be much slower on the English and reading comprehension tests.

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Lol.

I'm not sure where these people exist where standardized tests don't measure intelligence. They may not measure success, but they sure as shite do a great job of measuring intelligence and reasoning ability

Stupid rule

I mean it isn't an IQ test if that is what they're inferring, but it damn sure measures your ability to recall the information you should know before you enter an American college.

We can argue about whether the information tested is relevant or not, but as it stands, they do a pretty damn good job. I'll say the same thing I said last time this topic came up - I've never met a single intelligent person in my life who didn't score well on a standardized test.

If it's school policy, I don't have problem with it.

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I would prefer for folks to continue to associate heavy Southern accents with subpar intellect. The satisfaction from embarassing those who assume I'm a mental midget based off of my accent is too damn good to let go.

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There's a guy that calls into the Opie Radio show on SiriusXM that has an ultra heavy drawl - he always gets people calling in to call him an idiot and he throws shite right back at him. It's glorious, and I don't even have the southern accent. Last time he called in he was at the Golden State/OKC playoff game in his RV. people called in to insult him and he threw their shite right back at them - "How am I the ignorant mother fricker when I'm sitting in my RV, I own multiple businesses, just left the Kentucky Derby, etc"

did not check out link.

a lot of smart people feel the need to fit in.

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What if the reading/comp section was given in the native tongue?

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Then it wouldn't be the same test, and it would not be able to be compared to the English test.

As a more overarching point, it is impossible to give any kind of "intelligence test" that doesn't have some kind of bias. It comes down to definitions of intelligence and different talents and types of intelligence.

No matter what a test will be restricted to testing a very limited definition of whatever intelligence may mean to the creator of the test or even what may be measurable. An intelligence test will be very good at identifying extremes at both enda, whether a person is severely deficient in basic areas or unusually proficient in certain skill sets. Differentiating some average set of people's general intelligence is much more difficult and maybe impossible imo.

Sorry for the tangent, but I think the subject of defining intelligence and how it manifests itself is very interesting.

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Its a really poor indicator because it doesnt test someones ability to learn.

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Do you trust standardized test scores or GPAs more?