ipl-logo

Pros And Cons Of Intelligence Testing To Vote Essay

717 Words3 Pages

There should not be an intelligence test to be able to vote on public policy. A test could end up being discriminating, there is no test that would truly be fair for everyone, and even without higher intelligence and education, people still know what they want to see in the government. Personally I do not believe there should be an intelligence test for voting on public policy, because the test would end up screening out an entire group of people whose voices should be heard, people deserve a right to vote even if they were not lucky enough to get a higher education. A test for intelligence would be a bad idea for voting on public policy, because when it comes to a democracy, it does not end up being fair. When using America as an example, in the past American had vetting for voting and it was very discriminating. Originally land people could only vote, and their needs were the only ones being met, and then it was only men’s needs were being and not women’s, …show more content…

There have been poll tests done in America and it would unfair to have intelligence tests, because not everyone gets the same education. Usually minorities do not get a better or equal to education compared to white people in America. A test to weed people out would be weeding out many minorities who will want completely different things from the government in the country, compared to everyone else. People with less money do not have the same education, weeding all the people that had to struggle and the people who represent the working man in their country, would be very bad because they represent a very important group of people for a country. With a test on intelligence for voting an entire group like this would be unaccounted for which is very important for any country. An intelligence test creates an entirely unequal system for a democracy, in general it is an unequal system and form of voting on public

Show More
Related

  • Book Report On Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

    1036 Words  | 5 Pages

    IQ while a good evaluation of a persons ability to solve logic problems is not the epitome of intelligence. If you have IQ with out practical or social intelligence in a significant quantity it wont garner you much success in the world. It needs an addition of that practical or social intelligence in order for you to become exceptionally successful within the world. The examples put forth in the book are of Chris Langan who’s IQ was in the 190 to 200’s range, Terman’s Termites (a group of students with IQ’s of 140+ that Terman followed for his Genetic Studies of Genius.), and Robert Oppenheimer. We also have two differing tests one that touches on just IQ and the other that touches on practical intelligence.

    Read More

  • Similarities Between 1776 And The Constitution

    1396 Words  | 6 Pages

    For example, the extension of property and voting rights to women in the United states was largely driven by political reasons rather than any desire to make women equal to men before the law. In many cases this reason was the need to promote settlement on the frontier. Evidence of this comes from the geographic distribution of the granting of women’s suffrage on the state level before women’s suffrage was granted federally. Nearly all of the states who granted women the right to vote early were western states that needed respectable women to move there in order to create a sustainable population with families. Sometimes, women’s suffrage was granted in order to bolster constituencies.

    Read More

  • The Role Of Ladies's Suffrage In The United States

    87 Words  | 1 Pages

    Ladies got the privilege to vote yet it was taken away again in all

    Read More

  • Susan B Anthony Persuasive Speech

    1975 Words  | 8 Pages

    33). The patriarchy was handed down from the first societies in the nation. This die hard ideology was one of the ideas that many men and politicians used to defend their refusal to accept women voters. The ideology of women’s inferiority would be a challenge to break, and still has not been eradicated

    Read More

  • How Were Women Treated In The Late 1800's Essay

    1193 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the 1800’s women were treated differently than men in an important duty as a citizen, voting rights. However one big conflict during this time was women fighting for their right to vote as only men could vote earlier in the 1800’s. The reason these women fought so hard, was to be considered a citizen and given equal rights that men had. A huge population would not be able to vote for basic rights, as well as for their president. Moreover, most of these women fighting were tired second class citizens only asking to be treated equal to the men.

    Read More

  • Essay On The Constitution Dbq

    1008 Words  | 5 Pages

    In doing so, men were always the desirable choice for being elected instead of women, who were

    Read More

  • Standardized Testing Improved America

    680 Words  | 3 Pages

    The tests are graded by a special machine that is not programmed to favor some students and not others. Yes, the tests are being graded non-discriminately but, this causes some concern for whether or not the tests are being graded accurately. Technology has been known to fail some times. The machines are very sensitive and the answers have to be filled in clearly and in a certain way or they will be counted wrong. Some students may know the answer but mark it wrong and their score will go down unfairly.

    Read More

  • Men's Role In Early Colonial America

    1024 Words  | 5 Pages

    White men were the only ones allowed to vote to elect government officials. Although men could vote they could only if they were land owners. Owning land was a staple in the early colonial life. Although women were allowed to buy land it was more common with males during this time. One male 's society duties were the have and maintain a family.

    Read More

  • The Pros And Cons Of Standardized Intelligence Testing

    706 Words  | 3 Pages

    Standardized intelligence testing has been one of psychology’s ultimate achievements. “Intelligence tests are psychological tests that are designed to measure a variety of mental functions, such as reasoning, comprehension, and judgment.” ("Intelligence tests," n.d.) They can help diagnose knowledgeable disabilities or measures a person’s knowledgeable potential. Alfred Binet was the first French Psychologist who created the first intelligence test in the 1900s.

    Read More

  • National Honor Society Application Essay For Nhs

    599 Words  | 3 Pages

    In today’s society people often correlate test scores and percentages to how intelligent a person is. Although, I believe intelligence is also a mix of experiences, I strive to control what people judge me on, which is calculated numbers.

    Read More

  • Standardized Testing In Public Schools

    1191 Words  | 5 Pages

    These tests promised a way to identify kids who could go further in their education, while separating them from the kids who learned slower and would need extra help. The tests also came with the notion of academic tracking in order to steer students onto a career path deemed appropriate for them (Gershon, 2015). Attempting to measure a student’s intelligence through a standardized test is beyond absurd. All students learn at a different pace. This means that, even if a student may not know a skill at the time of the test, it doesn’t mean that they will never know it.

    Read More

  • Should People Be Required To Vote Essay

    692 Words  | 3 Pages

    Throughout the recent years the majority of the able voting population are exercising their privilege to vote. Even during the presidential elections the voter turnout rate was 50% or less than that. The act of voting should be a personal responsibility of every citizen meaning it should be a obligation. But to specify on this statement, it should not lawfully required to vote because people also have the right not to vote too (and it would be weakening personal liberties) , but it should be a personal responsibility for citizens if they are to complain about how the government run rather than every citizen. A personal responsibility is when we are the cause of our own actions.

    Read More

  • Thesis Statement: The Pros And Cons Of Standardized Testing

    1749 Words  | 7 Pages

    “Standardized tests are unfair and discriminatory, because students with diverse backgrounds and skill levels are expected to answer questions written for the white, abled majority. " I think this point is very hard to argue with because if these tests are written for the white students, then how are students with a different background or diversity supposed to do well? One improvement could be that maybe there isn’t just one test for the whole country or the state, but instead there are multiple tests for multiple regions. Certain regions get certain tests because of the situation they are in. This makes sense and I believe it would improve the scores and even if it didn’t

    Read More

  • The War On Stupid People Analysis

    265 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the article, “The War on Stupid People”, Freedman depicted the emphasis the society has placed on determining or facilitating human capacity has failed the less intelligent people. Freedman detailed his argument by providing evidence on how intelligence played a huge role in employment opportunities and academic performance. Moreover, he illustrated the issue of the economically disadvantaged/less intelligent, the current approach is flawed in the favoring the intelligent. He asserted with the evolution of the view of intelligence to the point as becoming a detrimental measure for human worth. He developed his main message by first established a neutral tone by providing statistical evidence of what a significant role intelligence has played,

    Read More

  • Charles Spearman's Theory Of Intelligence

    754 Words  | 4 Pages

    WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE? There has been many debates as well as

    Read More

More about Pros And Cons Of Intelligence Testing To Vote Essay

Open Document