tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221187318815053175.post8513953658025345222..comments2023-06-27T02:16:15.432-07:00Comments on '16 ILC at Chicago: Basketball Frenzy Don Gosneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221187318815053175.post-41951415050093961452016-07-26T22:16:21.208-07:002016-07-26T22:16:21.208-07:00I’m not sure I agree with your assessment of a per...I’m not sure I agree with your assessment of a person’s IQ and intelligence.<br /><br />I’m not, of course, in your class so this is merely the perspective of a layman.<br /><br />I believe that a person’s IQ and intelligence is something that they’re born with and not something that’s developed.<br /><br />What they do with that intelligence is a different matter. A person can be very intelligent but if they’re not exposed where they can learn things, what good does that do them? We see this in our own community where smart kids are placed in underperforming schools and live in households where they don’t have the support from their family to excel. Sometimes it’s because there aren’t many family members available to help and sometimes because the family members were never educated themselves.<br /><br />There have been numerous studies over the decades about what has the greatest impact on a person’s future: genetics or environment. The studies go back and forth and I don’t believe that anything definitive has been posited.<br />Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com