I must hereby report that I was once diagnosed by neuropsychiatric testing that I had a limitation in my own verbal abilities. Indeed, upon graduation from high school, I scored lower on the verbal portion of my SAT's. (My Mathematical scores were in a high score range). I must state that I would like to see some longitudnal studies established in America whereby select or voluntary participants are offered aptitude testing perhaps every 15 years or so to establish and confirm for them their own aptitudnal progress. I do think that little more attention is given to SAT and ACT scores that we take at age 17-18 other than to qualify the candidate for further training. In most cases, aptitudnal abilities are further considered upon the occupational aspirations of the candidate throughout his career after that time. I feel that we should be investing more in this role. Verbal abilities improve (ideally) with time. I must report that my own abilites today are exaggerated in comparison to where I was at age 17 or at age 24 when I took a neuropsychiatric battery. I predict that we might be able to have a more successful and focused society if we might reexplore aptitude testing, say at age 35-40.
People may become lax in their aptitudnal pursuits as well become complacent in occupation. In order to produce the most productive, educated and successful society, I do believe that further impetuses might be necessary to keep our population reading and pursuing further learning/skills/understanding/self assessment and self improvement.
Testing would give the individual a comparison to their progress at other times in their life. Individual counseling might be a good practicality. I do not believe that one must only rely on his or her employer to asssess his skills, strengths and weaknesses and cognitive capacities. Clearly a third party would offer impartial and creditable objective statistics on ones lifelong progress.
This only makes sense. After all that is invested in a young persons education from grades K to 12, why do we stop at the ACT and SAT as our aptitude indicators. (although for professional studies usually there is one more). I personaly think that our society needs to begin considering longer studies and educational enforcement for those who are in the adult stages of our lives.
Is this a realistic consideration? I for one must report that in todays job limited society, this would create jobs whereby peopel are needed to perform and administer these testing/evaluations. Likely this would fall under a scholastic aptitude department.
Neuropsychiatric conditions and minds are not static. An increased amount of measurements at a national level would yield a stronger work force, a more competitive scholastic enviornment, educational progress, increased personal satisfaction and perhaps a new group of leaders, teachers, workers and persons of capable hands.
Just a thought.
