3-Year-Old Girl Has IQ Above 160; Learned Spanish on Parents' iPad
A little girl from Arizona has earned a spot in the top 2% of the world's most intelligent people, making her a qualified member of Mensa.
Mensa, aka Mensa International, is an international high IQ society that has members from over 100 countries across the globe.
"Membership of Mensa is open to persons who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test that has been properly administered and supervised," reads the high IQ society's website.
According to ABC15 Arizona, 3-year old Alexis Martin is so intelligent that the doctors couldn't even calculate her score. "They say she is smarter than 99.9% of the world," reports ABC15 Arizona.
The report notes that Alexis has an IQ of above 160, the IQ of the great Albert Einstein. Ian Martin, Alexis' father shared how they first noticed their little girl's high intelligence.
"From 12 to 18-months-old, we'd be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime story from the night before," Ian told ABC15 Arizona. "She didn't just recite them, she recited them exactly."
Alexis' dad also said that she started reading at the age of 2 and with a 5th grade reading level at that.
"Anytime she learns a word and just picks it up through anything, she never ever uses it in the incorrect context, ever," he said in the ABC15 Arizona report.
Even more, the 3-year old has also reportedly taught herself Spanish - all through the help of her parents' iPad. With Alexis' undeniably superior intelligence, her parents are now finding traditional schooling a hurdle.
ABC News quotes Dr. Gene Beresin, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training at Massachusetts General Hospital, saying that a high IQ does not always equate to good school performance.
"The high IQ kids get less positive education because teachers have to spend so much time with kids who need help or kids who are disruptive," Beresin told ABC News.
The good news is, Mensa reportedly "launched a Mensa for Kids website, where parents and teachers can download free lesson plans or look up other activities for gifted children," notes ABC News.