My IQ is 140, am I too smart to be a teacher?

At the risk of sounding pompous, yes you are too smart to teach. This is not to say teaching should be frowned upon as an important part of society--teachers are incredibly important. But the best teachers tend to have average intelligence and strong interpersonal skills. In fact, principals don't want incredibly intelligent teachers because they can throw off the balance. A strong faculty has to be nurtured, and it's harder to incorporate highly intelligent individuals. If you want to teach, the college professor route might be better for you. It's clear that you won't be a contributing member to any public high school environment.

Before anyone flames me, I'm a 45 year old former high school teacher with very AVERAGE intelligence.

Ventolin,

I'm no whiz at maths but I like a puzzle so I had a go at yours.

I first needed to get the volume of the gold ball, so I used the density formula D = M/V and the fact that gold has a density of 19.3g/cm^3 to get a volume of 51.81cm^3 (approx) for the gold ball (remember we're told the ball has a mass of 1000g)

Then I used the volume for a sphere (4/3)(pi)(r^3) and the above figure to find a value of approx 2.31cm for the radius. Working back we can label the volume 16.435(pi)cm^3

Now we want to find the largest possible cylinder we can make out of a sphere with 2.31cm radius. From the side view this will look like a rectangle, and the largest possible rectangle is a square with the diameter line of the circle as its diagonal. So we get a square with side 3.266 (approx) which translates to a cylinder with height 3.266 and radius 1.633. Throw these figures into your formula for a cylinder, which is (pi)(r^2)(h) and you get 8.709(pi)cm^3.

I think this is the largest possible cylinder one can make from the sphere, which obviously means the least weight of left over swarf.

But I figure it's slightly greater than half the size of the sphere volume wise, because 8.709/16.435 = 0.53

I took it and they said the same thing. I haven't taken an actual IQ test since I was in the 5th grade and I got a 130. I agree that teachers rely more on their social skills than on their IQ.

Yes, consistently.. My son is 16, has run sub 1:57 with two months of light training coming off injury (this is his first year of track mind you), has skipped a grade, and has a lot of friends. He also has a 4.3 weighted average and a 2270. He was required to take an IQ test when skipping 8th grade and scored over 151... he really confirms that belief.

One of those kids? wrote:

Yes, consistently.. My son is 16, has run sub 1:57 with two months of light training coming off injury (this is his first year of track mind you), has skipped a grade, and has a lot of friends. He also has a 4.3 weighted average and a 2270. He was required to take an IQ test when skipping 8th grade and scored over 151... he really confirms that belief.

Yes, there are always exceptions. I was generalizing and stand by the stereotype that applies to the large MAJORITY of gifted students. I should have qualified that I have had a couple of exceptions, but overall a 'well adjusted gifted student' is a rarity.

5/10, you overplayed the arrogance card, but the controversial title was a nice touch. Only responding once was good too.

Paul Newman, BA wrote:

[quote]Shoemaker wrote:

As for athletics, I've held my own, in spite of dbag PE teachers like you.

Did I say I was a PE teacher? Maybe you're not that bright afterall. You assumed I was a PE teacher. B.Sc. Biology for the record.

To be honest, I don't even believe you are even serious. You are just a troll, because nobody would really post something so arrogant.

In the slim chance that you are serious, at least you are aware of the fact that you are socially inept. That should allow you to overcome most related problems. If you are already second guessing yourself that might be a sign. Regardless, good luck. I hope you find a rewarding career.

Aim a little higher. Be a biology "professor" at the local JC.

ventolin^3 wrote:

well

i just took high-iq quick test

http://www.iq-test.com/free-iq-test/

which is 5'00 of 8 questions

4 - 5 questions were easy & i just randomly clicked any of the the other 3 - 4 as i wasn't going to have any time to spend on requisite 2 or 3+ minutes on each to "got it!"

i got 92 - 108 according to them, mainly because i coudn't do it within 5'00 ( & random clicked 3 - 4 )

probably couda got 6, maybe 7 right if i had 30' on it ( i'm long past doing exams, so time spent on getting correct answer is no longer an issue - that's real world )

not sure how that woud push up 92 - 108 with ~ 1/2 random clicks & i'd call myself pretty smart but no genius, as i been to top college where i met real genius guys?!

I got all the questions right on that test pretty easily. It said 133-143+. They weren't that hard.

I think you've asked the wrong question. You should have asked: "Am I well adjusted enough to teach?" Clearly, the answer is no. You can have a brilliant IQ and be a great teacher if you're sociable enough.

Being bright is never a curse. Yet you make it seem like one, and that's an issue. To assume all teachers have average intelligence shows your arrogance, and indicates your inability to be an effective teacher. You should think introspectively about your dream and realize you need to change yourself if you ever want to teach in high school.

140ish isn't really that rare. There are a lot of people at universities with IQs in that range or higher. And just because you have a high IQ doesn't mean you're going to be a great student or even good at understanding your classes. According to my ACT conversion, my IQ is 135-140 (or was when I took the ACT 6 years ago), yet I still had to work my ass off in a lot of classes and have known many people I would consider smarter than me, at least in certain areas. Beyond that, there are many different intelligences (for lack of a better term), and iq does not measure them all. Someone might be brilliant at math but struggle with writing or vice versa. If you're worried you're "too smart" to do something, I'm guessing you have been somewhat sheltered and have not spent a lot of time around other people, especially other smart people. That being said, education majors are usually some of the worst students on campus (not necessarily dumb, just very lazy).

I love how even the most obvious troll thread still draws in all the fish to ever so casually mention their 140+ IQ scores.

You must be a teacher from the deep south.

Former Educator wrote:

At the risk of sounding pompous, yes you are too smart to teach. This is not to say teaching should be frowned upon as an important part of society--teachers are incredibly important. But the best teachers tend to have average intelligence and strong interpersonal skills. In fact, principals don't want incredibly intelligent teachers because they can throw off the balance. A strong faculty has to be nurtured, and it's harder to incorporate highly intelligent individuals. If you want to teach, the college professor route might be better for you. It's clear that you won't be a contributing member to any public high school environment.

Before anyone flames me, I'm a 45 year old former high school teacher with very AVERAGE intelligence.

Can't resist...

I got perfect scores on the SAT and the GRE, both of which are supposed to correlate to IQ of 160+ (I know, lots of variance). I also took a stanford-binet IQ test, and scored 170.

I think that I would make a good teacher. In fact, I was a TA all through college, and have done some tutoring as a side job afterward, and have always gotten overwhelmingly positive feedback.

I would say that being intelligent is more of an asset for a teacher than a liability.

However, the lack of social skills that sometimes comes along with being highly intelligent (perhaps because of alienation, etc etc) can be a *large* liability, easily overwhelming your other positive qualities.

really, not a dick in real lif wrote:

Can't resist...

I got perfect scores on the SAT and the GRE, both of which are supposed to correlate to IQ of 160+ (I know, lots of variance). I also took a stanford-binet IQ test, and scored 170.

I think that I would make a good teacher. In fact, I was a TA all through college, and have done some tutoring as a side job afterward, and have always gotten overwhelmingly positive feedback.

I would say that being intelligent is more of an asset for a teacher than a liability.

However, the lack of social skills that sometimes comes along with being highly intelligent (perhaps because of alienation, etc etc) can be a *large* liability, easily overwhelming your other positive qualities.

No offense, but I really don't believe you. First of all, there's no way your IQ is that high. I got a 2390 on my SAT (perfect math and verbal) but my IQ has been tested at ~140 every time. There's no way those scores correlate to a genius IQ, and 170 is incredibly rare as in probably too rare to be a member of this forum.

Also, my concern really is that I'll be too smart to be a faculty member. I know for a FACT that I have a higher intelligence than any teacher in my high school. Obviously, in 3-4 years time, I'll have gathered even more worldly knowledge to go with my higher IQ. I just don't think I'll be accepted in a profession filled with cliquey people who don't like people more intelligent than them. Think about your high school classmates who became teachers, I bet they all had similar traits (average intelligence, jealous tendencies). Teaching is a dream of mine, but I need assurance that my intelligence won't be detrimental to my career.

How do you come to the belief that you are already smarter than all your teachers? Your simple-minded statements don't exactly yield proof of your supposed superior intellect!

I think it would be a service to all children if you indeed pick another career avenue. Good luck. By the sounds of it you will surely need it.

I doubt you are smart enough to be an educator.

I'm dropping it to 3/10. You're really trying too hard now.

ventolin^3 wrote:

http://www.iq-test.com/free-iq-test/

That test is silly. I was only half concentrating and still scored a range of 115-131. My real IQ is around 85.