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Inspiring
stories like this give us a clear sign that brilliance to solve many of
the worlds challenges exists on our planet, it’s simply about getting
them to the right place to facilitate new ideas, without it getting lost
in corruption and economic limits.
A 12-year-old daughter of migrant Roma
workers in England is raising the bar on human intelligence, much to the
delight of her family and community.
As the Western Daily Press reports, pre-teen Nicole Barr of Essex aced her IQ test with a perfect score of 162.
Essex’s score surpasses the wits of
noted geniuses such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking and places
her among the top 1% of the population. According to NY Daily News, the
average IQ score for adults is 100, and anything higher 140 is
considered genius level.
Nicole told the Western Daily: “When I found out I got such a high score, it was so unexpected. I was so shocked.”
Essex took the Mensa IQ test with her
father James Barr, 36, who intuitively felt she’d be accepted into the
illustrious society for intellects who score in the 98th percentile.
He told Yahoo Parenting:
“She’s always loved numbers
and puzzles, and she’s always been excellent at math, performing several
years ahead of her age group in school. She likes challenging herself.”
The pre-teen lives in a Gypsy caravan
with her father and baby half-sister. Her proud father said her academic
achievement has been the talk of community, also known as Roma.
“It’s nice for us to be in
the news for something good for a change. This shows that it doesn’t
matter where you come from, anyone can be academically brilliant,” her father said.
Nicole has always been more academically
mature than her fellow peers. Even in elementary school, she could
calculate complex algebra before she was 10.
Presently, Essex attends Burnt Mill Academy in Harlow where she acts in school plays and hopes to be a doctor one day.
“Nicole is a brilliant pupil,” said Helena Mills, head of Burnt Mill Academy. “She works incredibly hard and has thrown herself into many different activities in her first year with us.”
The amazing feat is definitely something
to be proud of. According to Ann Clarkson, a Mensa spokeswoman, “Only
110,000 members worldwide have been accepted into the exclusive Mensa
society; 20,000 are from the British Isles, 35% of its members are
female and only 8% are younger than 16.”
Only children are able to score higher
than 161 because that is the maximum IQ score for an adult. “The test is
age-dated for children,” she said.
Unsurprisingly, child geniuses are
academically mature for their age, are well-versed in a particular
subject, have an incredible memory and prefer spending time with older
people.
With the ability to access unlimited
information at one’s whim, no doubt many more children and teens will be
deemed geniuses before the century is over.
Syndication note: Originally published by Amanda Froehlich of TrueActivist.com.
