[Seraphim]

Originally Posted by MachoPoodle

Honestly, I almost never did my home work and quite often didn't bother to go to school at all, and somehow I still knew from the age of 8 at least, where India is located on a map. I've worked with kids with learning disabilities and/or immigrant parents who could hardly speak the language or even knew the alphabet, and let me tell you, the smart kids pick things up no matter what.

But more than the so called IQ test, the real proof of that child's stupidity is the utter nonsense that comes out of his mouth every time he speaks. He's had pop hits so he must be intelligent?! Only a complete moron would say something so utterly ridiculous.

Dappy knew where India was located on the map - he pointed to it immediately. He just lacked the confidence in his own ability to actually give the answer.

I don't know what your job is, but I sincerely hope it isn't a teaching one. I have taught children of all ages and abilities, including ones with learning disabilities and I would never undermine any one of them, or wish to see them humiliated so heartlessly now or in the future. Furthermore, if you knew where India was located on a map by the age of eight, then you must have had a lot more advantages than the average child has. I think I only held an atlas once through my entire primary education, and we only covered South America and Scotland in geography in secondary school. My mother considered books a waste of time and I wasn't allowed them at home. I'd try to sneak them into the bathroom under my clothes or read under the covers with a torch, but she always caught me. You cannot compare your own experience to that of other people.

Anway, regardless of how you perceive him, he's done better for himself than you or I have. He's very talented and has made the most of his abilities. He's probably made more money in the last few years than we'll make in the course of our lives.