o/t: Three-year-old passes Mensa test (a must read)

[Geordie Ahmed]

A three-year-old has become the youngest member of the high IQ group Mensa after taking a series of tests run by psychologists.
Mikhail Ali, from Bramley, Leeds was put through his paces by experts at the University of York.

Mensa spokeswoman Caroline Garbett said: "We have 25,500 members and fewer than 30 are under the age of 10."

Mikhail's mother Shamsun, 26, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "We knew he was a gifted child."

Ms Garbett said the testing had been carried out independently by psychologists at the university as Mensa do not normally deal with youngsters below the age of 10.

Mikhail undertook a series of tests involving maths, picture and logic puzzles and number sequences.

Mrs Ali added: "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."

A spokeswoman for the university said they were trying to contact the member of staff who carried out the tests to verify claims that Mikhail has an IQ of 137, putting him in the top two per cent of the population.

[MIG]

Ah the joys of youth - a great future for this lad - uni at 10, dad at 15, grandpa at 25 ...

Let kids be kids for gods sake -

[Geordie Ahmed]

True say! also why on earth did his parents make him do such a test and then to show the papers.
he is only 3 for godsake. let him enjoy Tom and Jerry

[MIG]

or even Barney....

[Geordie Ahmed]

Unfortunately i havent seen Barney, my nephew is a Tom & Jerry fan!
So it looks like i have to devise a plan where i can get him to start liking Barney and that way i can watch it without getting caught :|v :|v

[MIG]

I have a nefarious plan - buy a Barney DVD ( or get a copy from Pak ), then put it into another DVD case and pretend to put the movie on and voila ! Ze Barney Qaundry is no more ! honest mistake but you might as well watch the thing to its end....

[Geordie Ahmed]

:oD :oD

Thats a good idea!

[MIG]

Why do you think I have so many white hairs on my non bald head ?

[Geordie Ahmed]

Why do you think I have so many white hairs on my non bald head ?

cos your old :-D

[Rob H]

I cant believe this person was from leeds.
Usually they are on street corners by the age of 2

[MIG]

:oD @ RH - is that true people from Leeds ?

[Schiller]

3 is too young for anything. let the kid grow for petes sake

if you talk about sciences, rarely were teh greatest minds in history geniuses in school, infact some were outright bimbos like Newton and Einstein.

IF youre talking about arts, thats another story but even then 3 is too young

[Rob H]

Yeh it is true MIG

[Officer Barbrady]

I have been forced to watch some Barney in my time. Annoying as hell I tell you.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

mig - lets just say - leeds aint a great place - it makes southampton look like monte carlo

[MIG]

You nasty people !! Isnt Leeds the centre of learning for the Midlands ? It boasts one of the most respected Universities in England ? Ok so their football team aint ACMilan, but surely there must be more to the place ?

[Rob H]

MIG Leeds is a dump. A bomb site of a University and it is nowhere near the midlands

[MIG]

Is there no one that will defend Leeds - Ok - so we have it - its a dump!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

agreed!!!and im really saying something when i said it makes southampton look like monte carlo!!!!!

[MIG]

:oD !

[Geordie Ahmed]

I think this is unfair on Leeds, its not as bad as these lot are making it sound! the city centre seems okay, its just the ppl that worry me, you get these funny looks from 350lb skinheads, which usually means you should leave asap! even the old ppl look at you funny, it definately has a racist feeling, one feels very uncomfortable there!

[Saqlain_doosra]

At 3 most of us just about walk and talk. This lad is taking other test

[fair_play]

I'll apply for Mensa next year. Is there a record for the oldest ever entrant?

By the way, what was this Mensa thing again?

[Geordie Ahmed]

FP its a society for bright ppl and to qualify you need a high IQ!

[Geordie Ahmed]

I read in the Eastern Eye today that the parents of the child were worried he was not speaking clearly at the age of two, so they sent him to a Speech Therapist!!!

Aboslutely ridiculous!