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Of course IQ isn't the only factor. I never meant to imply it was. But let's face it, there's probably a higher percentage of dumb ppl who like cheesy movies, or rather think cheesy movies have no flaws.
Arm yourselves with something heavy, boys, it's time to clean up America! ::hunts down all low-IQ people::
One more useless fact:
IQ test were developed initially not to test how smart a person was, but how retarded. I think that tiny bug still permeates the gestalt.
IQ test were developed initially not to test how smart a person was, but how retarded. I think that tiny bug still permeates the gestalt.
IQ is just a way of generating a normally distributed bell curve in how people perform on certain tests.
One of its most interesting precursors was a series of aptitude tests invented by someone whose name I forget in the service of public schooling in America. It was extremely popular for a while, and not totally ineffective, but in a fairly unAmerican trend, IQ tests came to substitute for vocational tests and IQ-defined intelligence, rather than personality or fitness, began to influence which vocation or "track" a child would be placed on.
Of course, maybe you're one of the people who thinks vocations shouldn't be taught in the public schools at all -- in that case, none of it works for you.
One of its most interesting precursors was a series of aptitude tests invented by someone whose name I forget in the service of public schooling in America. It was extremely popular for a while, and not totally ineffective, but in a fairly unAmerican trend, IQ tests came to substitute for vocational tests and IQ-defined intelligence, rather than personality or fitness, began to influence which vocation or "track" a child would be placed on.
Of course, maybe you're one of the people who thinks vocations shouldn't be taught in the public schools at all -- in that case, none of it works for you.
Since this is the music and movies forum, how's this for serendipity.
The "streaming" concept was introduced in Britain in the 60's. Meaning that starting at the age of 7 kids would be more or less gently shunted in the direction deemed most suitable-- the brains ultimately towards higher education and the yobbos towards the dole, I guess. Michael Apted made a documentary called "The Seven-Ups" about a group of seven year olds "streamed" towards their fates. He has made a follow-up doc every seven years since, and I guess "The 42-ups" is waiting in the wings, following the same group, or as many as he could find or are willing to keep participating. They're fascinating but hard to find, especially find them in the right order.
Apted is working on a series called (I think) Marriage in America for A&E which starts this fall. The plan is to document the beginning of a series of marriages (he includes gay couplings--take that, you breeding lesbians--oops, wrong forum) with a view to following them up for 10 years.
The "streaming" concept was introduced in Britain in the 60's. Meaning that starting at the age of 7 kids would be more or less gently shunted in the direction deemed most suitable-- the brains ultimately towards higher education and the yobbos towards the dole, I guess. Michael Apted made a documentary called "The Seven-Ups" about a group of seven year olds "streamed" towards their fates. He has made a follow-up doc every seven years since, and I guess "The 42-ups" is waiting in the wings, following the same group, or as many as he could find or are willing to keep participating. They're fascinating but hard to find, especially find them in the right order.
Apted is working on a series called (I think) Marriage in America for A&E which starts this fall. The plan is to document the beginning of a series of marriages (he includes gay couplings--take that, you breeding lesbians--oops, wrong forum) with a view to following them up for 10 years.
*grabs palm pc and bullit proof vest, calculates the possible projectory of STRMkirbys gun and hides behind stone wall in the predicted projectory* *sticks middle finger in air* you'll never take me alive copper.
yes, and I read that the marriage show is an extremely depressing take on tthe institution...
if the Brits didn't come up with that until the (19)60's, then they're awful laggards... Americans were there way earlier. And, of course, there's the Soviets! Of course, you could say the Brits had had "streaming" for centuries -- I think another name for it originally was "feudalism", but certainly when, say, Oxford got rolling in the 13th century, there was the implcit expectation that higher education was anti-vocational, while apprenticeships were the only way for most non-aristocrats to get any education, and I think we'd call that pretty "vocationally oriented"...
Don't a lot of European schools follow a "streaming" type of system?
if the Brits didn't come up with that until the (19)60's, then they're awful laggards... Americans were there way earlier. And, of course, there's the Soviets! Of course, you could say the Brits had had "streaming" for centuries -- I think another name for it originally was "feudalism", but certainly when, say, Oxford got rolling in the 13th century, there was the implcit expectation that higher education was anti-vocational, while apprenticeships were the only way for most non-aristocrats to get any education, and I think we'd call that pretty "vocationally oriented"...
Don't a lot of European schools follow a "streaming" type of system?
you "guys" take life way to seriously. The older you get the faster you realise that life is too short to waste it away brooding, worrying etc.
That marriage thing would NEVER work. Cultures change tremendously in 10 years, and people have very short attention spans.
::shoots ladydyke with an aphrodisiac::
::shoots ladydyke with an aphrodisiac::
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