OK - lets get this blog going!!!
I honestly have no theories on why humans suffer except for as Michael W. Smith says (I think he said this) we simply have to suffer while more and more people are drawn to God (this is my religious standpoint of course) and so that in the end these people will find everlasting life and it is worth it for everyone to suffer for years for the sake of one person who will find God in those years...
But, anyway...
Today is the day that Aaron and I presented our "Mathematical ability versus intelligence" discussion and we (mainly Aaron) found an interesting/not totally related question that has plagued many of us for years - can you put a number on intelligence?
Though I finally feel as though my SAT score finally represents my abilities, I still don't think that my ACT score has anything to do with my abilities in each area. Do you think it is right to put a number on intelligence? Do you think an IQ score is accurate or just generally accurate or not accurate at all? Do your test scores represent what you think is your abilities (please do not digress into "I got this score" or so on - just relatively between like the 3 scores on the SAT did it show the difference in ability - if you took it multiple times do you think you learned the test or became more intelligent when your score improved?)
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Hmm... Are the only scores that show our intelligence the ones that put us into a favorable light?
Not hating on anyone in particular there but hey, it's pretty true.
I think My SAT and ACT scores are worse than they should be but they indicate that I am in the 98% of something, that is whatever the college board is testing... Is that intelligence, is it "college preparedness" is it just random abilities to excel at particular types of tests where speed and very particular math and English skills are evaluated to give a representation of a person's abilities.
While I despise the standardized tests (and yes get amazingly nervous at them)it seems undeniable that they have a strong trend to show a general ability level of people. I mean who does well on them, it's usually the hard working honors/IB kids and the kids who are really smart but don't care... I don;t think that the SAT is intelligence but it shows your general skills at working quickly and efficiently and knowing how to work those standardized tests. Something I don't know if I ever figured out.
More about intelligence numbers later.
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