i SCHOOL AND YOUR CHILD] | By John Coray, Appalachian Slate Teacheae firlltflt Can Parent* Be Trusted , With Knowing Child's IQ? i Should parents know their children’s IQ’s? Up to now, school otficials have generally voiced a ; firm “No,” classifying as top-secret the scores your child Wide on school-administered intelligence tests. Only teachers, and some times, employers, got to see these magic numbers. Yet the use made of IQ ! s by schools, colleges, employers, and the military shapes to a tons id- j erable extent the lives' of mil lions—often without the individ ual even knowing about it. IQ can be a factor in deter mining whether one is placed in j a slow, average, or fast class at school, where ability grouping is the coming thing; which college he attends; whether he’s admit-[ ted to college at all; what as-j signment he’s given in the* Army; whether he’s officer ma-, terial; whether a company hires him. If a single figure can wield such an influence on one’s fu-; ture, why shouldn’t the f person 1 or his parents, whose lives are, most affected by it, be told the 1 IQ? i Schoolmen, Who know their 1 trade, have given some good rea sons. Charles F. Carroll, North Car-! olina’s Superintendent of Public l Instruction at Raleigh, lists these i two: “When the IQ’s of children be come a source of ‘bridge table’ | gossip. | “When the information will be. used to compare one Bkildt with another.” I Another big reason ia the has thought oLJQ [as a divine number signifying one’s exact intelligence. That ifs an all-revealing fortune-teller. This impression which is completely, false—has turned IQ into an explosive status sym bol, capable of maiming one psy chologically for life, v A mother and father, discover ing that Junior’s IQ is below average (100 or under), for in stance, may feel terribly let down. They may believe the child doomed to faiju;£ in any endeavor requiring and intelligence. Too often, the child detects this disappointment and ’ develops feelings of"’inm-iority which can haunt him indefinite ly. On the other hand, parents of a high IQ’er may consider that their offspring carries in his brain a guaranteed ticketrfo suc cess in life. And the higher the IQ the greater the success he’s born to be. This apparent public ignorance about IQ has triggered a Change in thinking among educators. Many now advocate or practice revealing to parents their chil dren’s IQ—-but only with -a-clear accompanying explanation of what IQ really means. Henry Chauncey is. president of the Educational Testing Ser vice, Princeton, N. J., a non profit organization established by professional groups in 1947. It has administered tests to mil lions of students throughout America. Chauncey suggest; that school authorities, as aT'rh&tter of policy, should tell monqs and dads how Junior scored 'on his : tests. Even when the * parents don’t ask. This goes for both : educated and uneducated par- 1 ents, he adds. But like other educators, Chauncey insists on a definite explanation. The naked IQ number without interpretation is , W The F Christian 1 I Science ] L Monitor J Hub*. j^x9| Good Reading for the Whole Family •News - •Facts j, • Family Features , The Christian Science Monitor .1 \ On* Norway St., Boston 15, Mam, H Send your newspaper for the ItM J*' cheeked. Cnclosod find my chock « I money order. 1 year S2O □ I 6 months $lO O 3 montHTO O Bf|c.****"""" " , 11 ~~- I.'■ . fc~s| '« 1 Mfcese k 1 ! dangerous! How would Chauncey interpret IQ to a parent? First, he’d puncture the popu lar notion that intelligence tests measure inborn ability, the way bathroom scales record one’s weight. This spares bruising the parents’ ego. IQ measures a person’s “de veloped ability,” says the test ing expert. This ability stems from a combination of what a person inherited and his environ mental influences, including his [training at home and at school. Even the type of school one attends can alter the IQ, Chaun cey thinks. “I feel rather sure that students who have gone 'through a really first-rate school will have higher scores on an intelligence test, or scholastic aptitude test, than they would [have had if they had coasted in [a school without standards.” * Chauncey prefers the term I “academic aptitude” rather than “intelligence” for these tests. I ‘‘No test measures the pure in herited element,” he emphasizes, i “Whatever we are measuring has ' to come through what the per j son has learned.” , ' All of this means that an IQ I figure gives some indication of > how well one can use reading, I writing, and numbers in work | ing out problems and doing i things. Therefore, it’s important * that parents as well as teachers know the child’s IQ. j After all, mother and father 'make the long haul with Jun ior, whereas a teacher is with I him for only a year or two. * Knowledge of his developed ! ability equips them to guide I him into the future more ably. This way, says Carolina’s Su perintendent of Instruction Chas. Carroll, parents can better help Junior choose realistic goals— what college to attend, for in stance, or what vocation he’d do best in. Also, adds Dr. Carroll, it may prevent some parents from ex pecting too much of their child and pushing him to the point of emotional disturbance. Still, despite a low IQ, one with tremendous ambition and motivation can succeed admira bly where it would have been thought impossible, judging from IQ only. ] So don’t throw a complete bar rier across a goal set by Junior —even if you’re almost sure he lacks the necessary ability. Some individuals, like Jack London, are “late bloomers.” (London educated himself after reaching manhood and went on to be iome a great adventure writer.) But inform a low IQ child of the tough road ahead. Native Os Chowan Dies In Norfolk Miss Eula Mae Boyce, 61, diedi in a Norfolk hospital Saturday; morning at 9:45 o’clock after an' illness of eight months. She was a native of Chowan County but lived in Norfolk 26 years. Surviving are two brothers, Leroy Boyce and Alexander Boyce, both of Tyner and two) sisters, Mrs. Alton Moore of Norfolk and Mrs. William By rum of Whaleyville, Va. She was a member of' thei Happy Home Pentecostal Holi ness Church, where funeral ser vices were held Monday after noon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Leake officiated and burial was in the family cemetery at Tyner. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Comforting assurance of the final destruction of all sin will* be given in the Lesson-Sermon V? cry prr!on , hould „ lcnd Krvicc , and uncertainty about someone’s son. H r<- BU i»riy and support the Church. I hey |H Another jolt: If Bill’s parents are the right I .Md'.'A t ll’ol sort of people, they're probably wondering about community and nation. (4j For the sake OUT FlUtJl ? Church itself, which needs his I moral and material support. Plan to go Many families have fewer such anxieties ■ to church regularly and read your Bible Hj because they are active in the life of a church. B Their boys and girls meet in an atmosphere B Book Cllipttr Vwta that calls forth our best. Fun, friendship and B suod.y rbiiippiam 3 e-7 inspiration are blended in worthwhile youth B TilSdw nuuK** ; U o a4| l.if. Wednesday I 1 iniotby 4 12-16 dUlVllieh. ■ Thursday Psalm-, 34 1-5 And if love blooms ... no awkward compro- B uiSm* < iws mise of convictioa such as besets some .. . but B a common faith in God to enrich a couple’s B ; affection and strengthen their marriage. Copyright 1960, Krntrr Adv. Sm . Struburg Va. 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