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  • mlincoln
    For it to be accurate, an IQ test has to be given by somebody who has gotten a great deal of training. The test takes a long time, an hour to an hour and a half. A good examiner will often give two or three tests.

    And even with all that, it's a fickle science. Our psychologist at school tells me that the numbers can flucuate, and that that hard 137, 149, 85, whatever really isn't. It can hop up or down several points depending on a lot of different things.

    Still, I do look at the number for all my kids, and it is a good general guideline. The lowest I've seen is 70, and she was NOT classified mentally retarded as she did not have functional living problems (school system says there has to be an IQ of 70 or below and functional living problems). Sure had a hard time teaching that girl anything. In the eighth grade she got pregnant and drank and smoked all through her pregnancy. I imagine her child will be coming to me someday.
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