I have been thinking about how everything in our lives happens thanks to luck, like the place you were born in, hereditary economic resources etc... I was wondering, what makes priviliged people that live in 1st world countries different from one another. Im not necessarily pointing my attention towards intelligence , rather on things like motivation , hard work, patience and how these things are transferred in the real world. What makes someone love studying in school or university while someone else might enjoy studying on their own. Last question i promise, why do some have more goals while others just want to settle? Is it about the environment or also the way each of our brains is already structured from the start?

Thanks in advance for anyone that might want to share their opinion.

My 10 year old has been flagged by their teacher as gifted “across multiple domains”. They are at a non-competitive school that doesn’t do testing or grading of any kind. Just periodic individual evaluations against the curriculum. It is play-based and they do a lot of learning outside of the classroom. Their teacher has recently mentioned that although she feels they are being challenged, they would definitely benefit from doing gifted programs over weekends and school holidays. We will be trying one out in a few weeks. I have read enough of this subreddit to know that not pushing a child and providing an emotionally warm and safe environment at home is essential, and that encouraging genuine interests is great. But did any of you feel like you wish your parents had done more to stretch you to reach your potential?

Hi, I came here to try and get a general idea of how to deal with not being able to do things easily. I'm 17 and just now for the first time I've begun to encounter things that I can't just do well on without actually studying, and I really don't know how to move forward without learning how to deal with not getting things right. Everytime I look for ways to cope with failure I just get results like "just remember everyone fails" or "just keep pushing until you get it", which obviously don't work, you can't shift your mindset that easily and it deeply annoys me that people actually think that helps. Well, thanks anyway.

I’ve recently had to take a iq test and got a score of 128, I’m aware this is a high score that means I have a high raw intelligence but I’m having trouble translating that into actual intelligence

For some context, I've always been one of the tops of my class, highest level in math, I got accepted into a gifted learning program in third grade, hell I even skipped 5th grade! But a few days ago I got my math test back and it was so low the teacher didn't even write a score, she just said "see me after class". I was scared that my mom would be disappointed, so I threw it out before going home and it's been eating at me. I'm not asking for advice, this is just a rant, but please comment!

Is it true that majority of high IQ people really hate socializing with people especially those who are average IQ? I suspect that lot of high IQ people seem to be very easily annoyed by everyone around them like it's just an annoying fly that should be stepped on and how they cannot stand being around of people all because everyone is stupid or something, does this imply that socializing with people is somewhat sabotaging in some ways?

So I did a iq test today, and found out I my iq is 137, similar to that of the legendary Albert Einstein. I now see all my friends and family as inferiors.How should I proceed knowing this groundbreaking information, and more importantly, how do I coexist with these inferiors?