What each of us think is our intelligence level may not really be our true level at all.

I was given an IQ test in third grade to place for Gifted program. My mother won't tell me the exact number, but says it was higher than anyone else in the family, who all had high numbers.

I find that very hard to believe. Maybe I just had a good day and did well in third grade. Now, I'd be afraid to take an IQ test.

But thinking I am intelligent because of that has made me feel good. Then I know people who are very average in intelligence or talent and they are most successful because they try so hard.