Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: RE: re: Mensa and elitism Message-ID: <175@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:59:42 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.175 Posted: Mon Dec 31 02:59:42 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Jan-85 06:04:03 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 25 >From: geb@cadre.UUCP >Subject: Re: Mensa and elitism >Message-ID: <123@cadre.UUCP> > > Instead of >hand-wringing with their fellow statospheric IQs maybe it would >be better if they were out in the trenches rubbing shoulders with >the masses to help raise the general level of those less fortunate. It is not widely known, but Mensa sponsors various scholarships and supports the Mensa Educational Research Foundation which does research into the problems and educational needs of gifted children. There is also a national Gifted Children Special Interest Group which acts as a clearing house for relevant information. -- The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Opinions expressed here are my own Transaction Technology, Inc. and unrelated to anyone else's. 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 ...{garfield,lasspvax,linus,cmcl2,seismo}!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe