Fifteen people from Crete belong to the 2% of the human population with the highest IQ, according to the results of the first MENSA contest held in Chania and Heraklio the previous weekend. These gifted people are now eligible to become members of MENSA, a society that registers the brightest people worldwide.
Six students from Heraklio have an IQ over 131 and they are all 16 and 17 years old. Mr. Apostolidis, president of the Greek MENSA said that ”young people with such a high IQ should be given special attention at school, from primary school, because the fact that their opportunities are beyond those of the average child makes it difficult to get integrated into the school environment. So, if these gifted children are not being perceived by their parents or by the teachers as remarkably intelligent, they might not get the attention they deserve and thus not be able to offer society what they could.”
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