![]() Schultz, who was the gifted and talented teacher, he would knock on the door of the classroom, and then the gifted and talented kids would gather up their things, and they would follow Mr. is really high, meaning they’re “gifted and talented.” And the cutoff has historically been that when you’re around the top two percent - you’re, like, smarter than 98 out of 100 kids - then you need “enrichment,” so you either get pulled out for special classes or, in my elementary school, Mr. test” is given to -.ĭUCKWORTH: Really little kids, right? First and second grade, you’re what? Six, I guess, and seven years old? And the idea is that some of these children - you can tell by my derisive tone that I’m not a fan of this practice - but you’re supposed to be able to tell when a kid is six or seven years old whether their I.Q. MAUGHAN: Wait, so, like, the actual quote-unquote “I.Q. is used to select little kids - usually, like, first grade, second grade - into gifted and talented programs. MAUGHAN: I think they would, like, separate us for certain subjects.ĭUCKWORTH: Oh right, like, you get the advanced, whatever, English class or something. I don’t remember this very well.ĭUCKWORTH: Did they pull you out and, like, walk you down the hallway to the “enrichment room”? MAUGHAN: I think so, but I don’t know that there was, like, a fully separate class or anything. You went to public schools then?ĭUCKWORTH: And, like, were you in it the whole time? So, clearly there was some -.ĭUCKWORTH: Wait, want to know more. MAUGHAN: And now I feel so - I was in the Gifted and Talented program. test.ĭUCKWORTH: Really? You didn’t get tested for, like, Gifted and Talented when you were in elementary school? ![]() MAUGHAN: No, in fact, I have - I was thinking about that. ![]() tests.ĭUCKWORTH: Yes, we need to interpret the two question marks. MAUGHAN: That’s all he said, but I think the two question marks make it seem like he feels very skeptically about I.Q. testing and awareness have any benefit to society at large?” Question mark, question mark.ĭUCKWORTH: Hm, that’s it? That’s all Mike says? It’s sent to us by a man named Mike Silva. MAUGHAN: Angela, today’s question is one of great brevity. ![]() They take practice tests, because it’s really important to your future.” And I was like, “Well, you could have told me that before I took it!” MAUGHAN: She said, “You know, Michael, some people prepare a lot for this. Today on the show: What’s the point of I.Q. I thought it meant like you had a tight rear end.ĭUCKWORTH + MAUGHAN: And you’re listening to No Stupid Questions. ![]()
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