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1 posted on 07/30/2013 12:37:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“Watch Anala Beevers show of her brilliance”


I’m sure she is more brilliant than the moron who wrote of instead of off.


2 posted on 07/30/2013 12:45:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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I nvr reseeved my inbitater it mus hab got lst in da male.


3 posted on 07/30/2013 12:46:18 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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The video doesn’t show a genius. It shows a moderatly bright 4 year old.

Anyone who states they can administer an IQ test on a 4yo capable of measuring 145 is fooling themselves (and others apparently).

She knew her numbers in Spanish by the age of 18 mo? So? My daughter was talking at 10 months and was counting at a similar age (the language is a pointless distinction).

I’m also not too impressed with her verbal skills. They aren’t bad for a 4yo, but neither are they remarkable. The ability to communicate clearly in well constructed sentences is a clear example of high intelligence in 3-5 year olds. I find the lack of it counter to the assertion of an IQ of 145.


4 posted on 07/30/2013 1:06:42 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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Not impressed.

Giving tests to kids that age depends entirely on the leaning of the administrator.

This tester must have been very liberal indeed.


6 posted on 07/30/2013 1:16:01 PM PDT by Mrs.Z
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I thought about joining and contacted Mensa for information, which they sent. When the letter arrived my wife of seven years saw the markings and said “Mensa, isn’t that for those really smart people? Why are they writing to you?” with what I thought was too much emphasis on the word “you.” Surprised her when I got in with no problem.


9 posted on 07/30/2013 1:35:53 PM PDT by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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Keep her away from the crack and the nigga’s pimpin’ hos


10 posted on 07/30/2013 1:43:13 PM PDT by jrg
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The article's inaccurate. Children have always been admitted to Mensa if they qualify on a test. Achievement comes in two kinds...a test for their age level or a test for all age groups, with the "genius" score of top 2% scaled by age. Neither one is a fool-proof predictor of adult intellectual abilities.

It's a really bad idea to declare a child a genius. Children develop at different rates, and stall at some point. A child who scores in that top 2% when young is likely to not keep up that rate of intellectual growth. It would be analogous to a coach choosing a team based on the potential of them at age 4.

Besides that, these kids would be better off exploring lots of varied endeavors. Mensans are irritating enough setting ourselves apart because of a score on a test. Kids should be kids....even bright ones.

13 posted on 07/30/2013 1:52:06 PM PDT by grania
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She knew the alphabet at four months? How? A baby that age has no speech and few motor skills. physical developement is not based on intellect.
I take this one with a huge grain of salt.


14 posted on 07/30/2013 1:53:24 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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Sorry MENSA has just found a nifty marketing piece. This little girl hasn’t taken a MENSA test all she has done is shown she can memorize certain facts and repeat them back. Her verbal skills are way less than my own child’s were at her age. She mumbles and obviously searches for her answers. There are all sorts of programs out there for helping your child memorize things.

Personally I am never wowed by these so called protieges. Have seen a number of them over the years. They burn bright and fade away to become just above average folks.

When the dad says she needs her own ‘realityshow I am more than skeptical


15 posted on 07/30/2013 1:56:09 PM PDT by Nifster
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On my little place at the Lake of the Ozarks we have a neighbor that has put a bar and wide-screen TV on his boat dock. On Friday nights when the weekend crowd joins the full time crowd we generally start the social hours at his dock as it is the nicest. Farmers, contractors, truck drivers, commodity brokers, insurance salesmen and others.

I got everyone calling that standard gathering, “the Mensa club”.

No one is allowed on the dock as an open Obama supporter without having to take constant, very vocal, abuse and beratement.

19 posted on 07/30/2013 4:20:00 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.)
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Think she’ll grow up to be as smart as Rachel Jeantel ?


21 posted on 07/30/2013 6:37:52 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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