No matter how much we pretend it isn't so, school is about testing and measuring what you've learned, what you know.

How many of you attended schools that ranked performance with number grades like "80," "90," "100?" Anyone here ever get a 100 grade for a class?

How many of you attended schools that ranked performance with every gradation from an A+ to an F-? Anyone here ever get an F-?

How many of you attended schools that gave less quantified reinforcement by giving out assessments like "outstanding," or "satisfactory," or "needs improvement?" Anyone here "need improvement"?

Whatever the measurement, we all knew that we were constantly being evaluated to see how we measured up. The biggest secret measurement of our early school career, however, was what has been dubbed our IQ. It was…