Every one of us has different point of view when we talk about the intelligent. Some of us say that the intelligent is coming naturally when we born. Other people say that it can develop in person using some ways such as the education. Moreover, scientists also argue about how they can measure the intelligent in the person and when we can say that the person is intelligent or not. Some of them say that they can use the IQ test to measure the intelligent in the person. Other says that this method doesn’t give true result about the intelligent in the person and they need to create another test which it gives them true result and I agree with them because the IQ test doesn’t give true result because many factors that may affect the person when he or she takes the test.
The IQ test doesn’t give true result to measure the intelligent in the person. When we go and take look for this test, we find that the test just measures two or three kinds of the person brain. This test has two parts which is mathematical part and verbal part. So, if anyone wants to consider as intelligent, they have to be good in those parts. In fact, they have to answer those questions as fast as they can. So, the person who take long time to answer the question or they do not have that much of knowledge to answer those kind of question. The result is that they are going to be considered as unintelligent people. According to Tippett in her show (2010), Roes says that “Because, again, what I want to know is what they know that's not being reflected in that test”. He means that the people who do not do well in this test because what they know are not providing in the test and in somehow we have the same idea. Also, as I said the IQ test has two parts (math, verbal) and the people who have good education, they are more likely to get high score and this make other people who doesn’t have good education less intelligent and there are some people who argue about that like Tippett. According to Tippett in her show (2010), Roes says that “But think of the folks who might not do so well on those kinds of tests because they didn't have a lot of formal schooling”. Also, he gives some example about those people such as the plumier, waitress, hairstyles who maybe are not educated, but they do something other people cannot do it (Tippett, 2010). So, I think it is not fair to be judgment many people in just two parts. We have to come with more appropriate way to measure the intelligent in the person because it is not my fault to be bad in the math or in the verbal. In fact, the people who take this test and get bad score they may be affected by this test for the rest of their life.
The IQ test is not good idea to measure the intelligent in the people because it is just test two parts of the human brine. Furthermore, the people who take the test have to answer the question very fast and there are some people who take their time to answer those questions. Also, it depends on who good education do you have. Moreover, there are some examples such as the plumier who define the IQ test. So, I think it is not fair to make this test as method to measure the intelligent in the people.
After you read the article Do you agree with me or not ?
Tippett, K. (2010, January 7). The meaning of intelligence, a conversation on work, education,
and civic imagination with Mike Rose. Speaking of Faith. Podcast retrieved from
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