I'm a teacher, and I have an IQ well above average. I teach some advanced classes, and I also teach general ed classes of the huddled masses so to speak. I have learned that I am not average. Those kids in my advanced classes are not average either. It is in my general ed classes that I really see the spectrum and range of intelligence levels. I have had to learn patience because what I consider to be so easy just doesn't come easily to the average student.

What I have also found is that those average students generally have much more patience and empathy (that EQ that gets talked about). I think those of us on the upper end of the IQ spectrum struggle at times with EQ; I know I've seen that within myself.

So, yes, I am smarter than most people; it isn't a grandiose perception. I think if I had an inability to be empathetic and patient with other people, however, that could become a type of grandiosity.