High IQ people may think something is wrong with them - a group helps


(From left) Andrea Schwelm, Peter, Jager, Annette and Beyer gather at a Mensa meeting in Germany to play board games. — Photos: HELMUT FRICKE/dpa

Teachers gave special attention to the intellectually gifted Mel Jager ever since the first grade - without making the young student "stand out"."

There was no outing: the IQ test didn't change anything in my life," says Jager, now 34, and a board member of the German chapter of the Mensa association for the highly gifted. To be accepted to the group, you need an IQ of at least 130.

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