essay

GilJae Yeo
EAP1-A WW
04/2108

Intelligence Test

Nowadays, many people have taken an IQ test because the government wants to find people who receive higher scores. The government knows that people have different IQ score because they have different environment and knowledge. When people have taken an IQ test, they did not know their IQ score because the school did not give the IQ score, but they know your score. If you have a higher IQ score, you may get a different education. Generally, many people have an average IQ score, but some people have a good IQ score. I think that we should take IQ tests. I am going to write about why people do the test and how we do the test.
First, we should test because we want to find when people have a higher score. According to Seal`s book, “gifted children experience advantages in virtually everything. They are taller, faster, better coordinated, have better eyesight, fewer emotional problems, and tend to stay married longer than average.” (Seal, 1998, p108). For example, when you have higher IQ score, usually other people envy you and someone does not like your gifted ability because when you have gifted ability, you have a high opinion of yourself and you have different ability. So, we should take a test, and we should have different education.
Secondly, we do testing because we have many parts of the testing method such as scientifics, mathematics, and logical. According to the “Role” article, “some school districts rely heavily, or even exclusively, on standardized IQ test scores to identify giftedness, yet other districts may use a multidimensional procedure that views test scores as only one piece of a much larger picture of a child`s talents.” (Role, 2007, para. 4). Also, we have different abilities. So, the government should make a good test method.
Opponents say that they do not want to separate study different education. According to Role`s article, “IQ only identification point out that these tests may assess only a narrow range of ability, neglecting a child`s strengths in other areas, such as spatial reasoning or nonacademic talents.” (Role, 2007, para. 4). They do not want to have a distinction because they think that they are not different but they just have more intelligence than them. They wants their IQ scores secret. So, we do not have to take IQ tests because many people want their IQ score secret.
In conclusion, we should take IQ testing because we have different knowledge and ability. The government should know people who have higher IQ score because if you have a high IQ score, you will help to develop your nation. If you do not have a good IQ score, you have to study more and develop a good ability. So, we need to develop good intelligence and ability.

Reference
Seal, B. (1998). Giftedness(107-8). In Academic encounters : Human behavior. New York : Cambridge.
Role of Standardized Intelligence Measures in Testing for Giftedness. (2007, July 25). Indiana university. Retrieved April 21, 2008 from http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/giftednessTesting.shtml