Three Year Old Genius

Merika · 02-22-2005, 01:43 PM

Three-year-old becomes youngest Mensa member

Press Association
Monday February 14, 2005

A three-year-old boy has become the youngest member of Mensa, it was confirmed today.

Mikhail Ali has an IQ of 137, a level of intelligence which puts him in the top 2% of the population for his age.

The toddler, of Bramley, Leeds, was accepted as a member of the high IQ society after undergoing psychological tests at the University of York.

His mother, Shamsun, 26, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "We're incredibly proud of him. We knew he was a gifted child but we had no idea quite how gifted until now.

"Every day he amazes us, but underneath it all he's still our little boy, too. He still plays with his toys and demands food."

Mikhail completed a series of tests involving maths, number sequences, logic and picture puzzles during his assessment.

He also learned to read and write basic words at the age of two and understands the Arabic alphabet.

The youngster attends a nursery class and his parents would like to see him start school full-time.

But several schools have told them they feel that he may not be "emotionally ready" to start lessons.

"We really think he's ready to start school," Shamsun said. "He's progressing so quickly that it's difficult for us to keep him challenged."

His father Tahir, 37, said: "We're keen for him to get on but we also want to give him a normal life. We don't want to put too much pressure on him."

A Mensa spokeswoman confirmed Mikhail was its current youngest member and said the organisation only had 30 members under the age of 10.

Stone · 02-22-2005, 01:49 PM

WOw that's great they should push him though.. he is only 3 he has the rest of his life to lean.. let him be a toddler :?

RandomSkater · 02-22-2005, 01:49 PM

wow...

darkangelism · 02-22-2005, 02:34 PM

wow, mensa isnt that hard, but 3 years old is crazy.

Merika · 02-22-2005, 08:37 PM

If I had a kid that smart....I'd feel like he was kinda freaky. Or perhaps I would just feel really really stupid. LOL!

Duke · 02-22-2005, 08:40 PM

I think they should let the child determine his learning rate, after all, he is the genious, no reason stupid people should determine his fate.

RandomSkater · 02-22-2005, 09:14 PM

i went to the mensa site to do their IQ test just for kicks.
I figured the smartest thing for me to do was give up 3 minutes into it. :mrgreen:

Duke · 02-22-2005, 09:18 PM

So what was your score?

RandomSkater · 02-22-2005, 10:21 PM

I don't know...I gave up.

i did take a IQ test a year or so ago and got over 130 (138?), but ofcourse some of the math questions I didn't learn about.
still, not even close to how the 3 year old compares, lol.

Duke · 02-22-2005, 10:26 PM

I took one of those online IQ tests a while ago and must not have done well because I can't even remember my score.

darkangelism · 02-22-2005, 10:52 PM

check out www.mensa.org

Your score was 23 out of 30. That is a very good score, you would have a good chance of passing the Mensa test.

twinkle · 02-23-2005, 01:46 PM

My bf's brother used to be a very gifted child. He kept getting the greatest scores, everywhere. He would start learning Oriental languages...

Anyway, he always felt inadequate... He would understand and know everything... fivally he couldn't stand being/feeling so different...

Having a very gifted child is hard.

At least in the toddler's case, they keep him challenged. Wonder how he'll feel when he gets older :?

Duke · 02-23-2005, 07:27 PM

I really struggle in my day to day life with being as brilliant as I am. It's rough, trust me.