After a four-year-old joins Mensa, we ask formerly gifted children about the expectations they faced.
Christopher Guerin - once named Britain's brainiest kid - is now head of maths at a secondary schoolA four-year-old boy made headlines this week after becoming the UK's youngest member of Mensa, the society for people with sky-high IQ.But what happens to children like Teddy when they grow up?
Mensa accepts people who score within the top 2% of the general population in an approved intelligence test. "I went to a state grammar school, so that meant that being academically competitive was a big part of the school ethos anyway, so it was a really good environment to be part of and most people responded to it positively."
Mr Fernandez - who was home-educated in Surrey - says: "My [university] experience certainly wasn't typical, but I also don't feel like I missed out. Every experience is unique in its own way. But she adds that in adult work life, people often want things done a certain way - "and they don't like when you don't fit the mould and have your own way of thinking and seeing things".She has worked as a teacher and secretary among other jobs, and a few weeks ago she applied for her "perfect role".
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