I was always told to try harder, but when I would read books that were years above the other students in my class, I would get yelled at for doing it.
I’ll never forget when we had to study for a full chapter exam in my high school advanced science class. My study partner asked me one question, and I pretty much layed out the entire chapter in about two minutes to him. He was impressed, but also a bit uncomfortable with the fact that it seemed so easy to me.

It wasn’t so much easy but that I couldn’t get enough of learning about new things.
In the end, I simply slowed down and went along with most of the other students just to make my life in school a little easier. This was a mistake.
Fitting in, also meant losing pretty much any chance for a scholarship in college. And in the 80′s, there wasn’t much money for someone who had average scores and grades.

So, I joined the Air Force and tried my talents at Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. It’s pretty much kept my mind busy, but still bored on many levels.
I think differently than most people around me. Even my wife thinks I’m wierd. I can’t understand the drama and foolish games people play in their everyday lives. TV is pretty much a waste of time except for, say, the history and discovery channels. I’ve been called many things, including an “alien” for my strange way of seeing the universe.

I’ve been told I have mental issues like A.D.D. and many others. To me, kids with ADD have only one problem. Get your backside off the computers, internet, video games, cell phones, and TV. Then get up and discover the “real world” outside. By moving around and getting some exercise at the same time, You won’t have time for ADD. And you may learn a thing or two about personal interaction and talking to people. Me, I just have the ability to do multiple task at once while thinking about others. I can’t help it.

It’s quite rare I find someone to talk to that I don’t have to explain everything to in a simpler manner. It’s not arrogance, but simple frustration at the fact that I see people and what they can be, if they just apply themselves and quit living for the “distractions”. It’s like fighting the tide.

I do find it beyond aggravation to communicate and dedicate time (even though I need the $$)to those who in my opinion (humble of course) take forever to arrive at the conclusion I gave in the first place… why must I suffer to watch as they clamor and arrive so late.

Perfected solution ..to do it on your own and use those “others” to get the sequentials of what you need,laugh at the rest.

I stumbled upon this blog while trying to locate a specific article on high iq and career success. In the article, it spoke of high intelligence and leadership positions. It suggested that if you are highly intelligent, it is better to be a member of a committee rather than the chair. The purpose of collaboration is typically to generate ideas and work toward solutions. If you are the chair and the most intelligent person on the committee, there is a greater chance of your ideas/suggestions being implemented. This may lead to the perception of a more dictatorial approach as opposed to a collaborative approach. Food for thought.

Getting qualified for an academic post would take far too long (not because of my academic ability, but just because the system is set up that way). Plus there is no funding in the area of research that most interests me anyway – neuroscience as applied to enhance the abilities an average or above average person already has (not as a medical or psychological discipline).

Thus, I have chosen to self-educate and perform my own research, but of course this will leave me unaccredited and unrecognised by any but the high IQ society magazines which have been publishing my articles to date.

I never got any qualifications when I was young, because I was a precocious youngster who never had to work and struggle to learn anything. Most average students learn by trial and error a mostly workable personal approach that gets them through their studies adequately; I never did learn to persist etc, because I’d never been challenged. When my final school exams came around I never knew what hit me – it was far too late to find out that I’d never learnt how to do any work.

I did well at office work and earn well above average money in the Square Mile. However, conformity is what is expected, and originations as to how things could be improved are not welcome from “support” staff – such ideas are seen to be the province of the top fee earners and that’s that.

Rather than get too upset at the rigidity of this type of role, I’m pouring myself into my academic project, and perhaps I can combine the business skills I’ve learnt to find out how to make some or all of the research pay for itself.

Disgusted, you gave me the best belly-laugh I’ve had for a long while! Keep conforming, keep talking with your mates about celebrity gossip, keep being average, keep reading The Sun, and good luck to you. I had a raucous chuckle at the vision of your green eyes as you read here about the sort of people you really wish you were. If you weren’t jealous, you wouldn’t have bothered replying. Come back and make me laugh again.