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Have you heard of I.Q.? If you have, you probably know that it stands for Intelligence Quotient — it’s a simple measure that shows how well you are able to score on some intelligence test. It doesn’t exactly show what kind of intelligence you have or how intelligent you are. Intelligence is a complicated issue to talk about. We are all wired differently and we all have different kinds of things that we are good in. Some of you are good in writing, some good in math, while some are good in creating things, drawing, painting, and even acting and singing. Some of you are also good in feeling things — like perhaps understanding yourself or others.

You probably have a good sense of how intelligent you are — perhaps even telling others how high your I.Q. is. Together with understnading your intelligence, it is also healthy to understand yourself — your own feelings and emotions. By understanding yourself, you will be more able to understand others. There’s something called an E.Q. – Emotional Quotient. This is a scale of how well you know yourself — how well you are in tune with your own emotions. It can also provide insight on how well you can understand the feelings of other people.
Understanding emotions — your own and others — is quite important at your age because it is something that’s still developing within you. Perhaps you don’t know why you get mad at others so easily or why you blurt out curses when someone bugs you. Perhaps you don’t understand why your classmates get annoyed by your questions. Understanding your reactions to things and your own feelings could eventually make you more understand the feelings of others — and this understanding could be a key to better cooperation and peaceful friendships.

There’s an online “test” that has a few questions about emotions. Go ahead and try it out. It’s a shortened version of a longer test. Go try the short one first. Make sure you’re honest or the results will not be very true.

Click this link to go to the short test: http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/eiq_abridged_access.html

The following is a link to the longer test. Try it if you have time:

http://www.queendom.com/tests/access/emotional_iq.html

After taking the “EQ”, blog about your experience and results.

1. What did you think of the questions?
2. Do you think you answered truthfully?
3. Are the questions applicable to you at this age?
4. What other questions do you think should have been added?
5. What was your score?  What does this score mean – according to the website?  What does this score mean according to you?
6. After taking the EQ assessment, what do you think of it?  What will you do now?