<p>Not sure about the original Japanese but assuming this were really said in an English context, I believe it's just an expression (at least this is how I'll give the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity" rel="nofollow noreferrer">principle of charity</a> I guess). Of course there's all this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck#Mindset_work" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Carol Dweck stuff</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindset#Fixed_and_growth_mindset" rel="nofollow noreferrer">fixed mindset vs growth mindsets</a> aaaaand:</p>
<ol>
<li><p><a href="https://medium.com/incerto/iq-is-largely-a-pseudoscientific-swindle-f131c101ba39" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle</a> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb</p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/talks-and-interviews/talks-and-interviews-unit/conversations-with-sal/a/the-learning-myth-why-ill-never-tell-my-son-hes-smart" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The learning myth: Why I'll never tell my son he's smart</a> by Salman Khan</p>
</li>
<li><p>Josh Waitzkin interview:</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Interviewer:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In general, do you see any disadvantages to being labeled a child prodigy?</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/01/21/learning-about-learning-an-interview-with-joshua-waitzkin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Josh Waitzkin</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Yes, there are huge disadvantages if you buy into the label. The most perilous danger, in the language of Carol Dweck, is that we internalize an entity theory of intelligence. The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. For that reason, it is incredibly important for parents to make their feedback process related as opposed to praising or criticizing talent. Think about it-if you tell a kid that she is a winner, which a lot of well-intentioned parents do, then she learns that her winning is because of something ingrained in her. But if we win because we are a winner, then when we lose it must make us a loser.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>But it's not like 'IQ' is a complete swindle in a heuristic sense: Fuutarou's been studying hard much earlier than they have, so Fuutarou has</p>
<ol>
<li><p>better study habits and</p>
</li>
<li><p>is able to pick up new topics with less difficulty because e has a solid foundation of the prerequisites. Eg If you didn't study geometry so well, then you may struggle with trigonometry.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>In this specific case...they were most likely studying English or Japanese (Fuutarou talks about 'author'), neither of which are high in prerequisites compared to maths or science, so maybe it's not this.</li>
</ul>
<p>So, 'IQ' here then could refer to either</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Fuutarou's good study habits of, say, not going to a hanabi festival without completing homework</p>
</li>
<li><p>Fuutarou's good foundation in, say, geometry</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Finally, additionally, Fuutarou just likes studying while the quints don't really, so 'IQ' here then could refer to 'desire to learn'.</p>

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<p>I thought it was common sense that a student's academic performance is just a reflection of how much time and effort he/she has put into study. Yet Uesugi seems to think that the difficulty the quintuplets have in understanding/solving the question is due to their IQs. Is it common in Japan to relate one's academic performance to his/her IQ? If a student in Japan performs badly in academic, will his/her teachers think he/she has a low IQ?</p>
<p>At around 12:44 of Episode 6 of <em>5-toubun no Hanayome ∬</em>:<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/oCfuy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/oCfuy.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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<p>How cruel it is that our IQs must differ so!</p>
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Is academic performance in high school related to IQ in Japanese's eyes?
# Is academic performance in high school related to IQ in Japanese's eyes?
Posted by: username_0 on 2022-08-19
I thought it was common sense that a student's academic performance is just a reflection of how much time and effort he/she has put into study. Yet Uesugi seems to think that the difficulty the quintuplets have in understanding/solving the question is due to their IQs. Is it common in Japan to relate one's academic performance to his/her IQ? If a student in Japan performs badly in academic, will his/her teachers think he/she has a low IQ?

At around 12:44 of Episode 6 of *5-toubun no Hanayome ∬*:[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/oCfuy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/oCfuy.png)

> How cruel it is that our IQs must differ so!
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> **username_1**: I’m voting to close this question because  this is not directly related to anime or manga and is a Japanese cultural question with a weak quintuplets wrapper.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-08-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
Not sure about the original Japanese but assuming this were really said in an English context, I believe it's just an expression (at least this is how I'll give the [principle of charity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity) I guess). Of course there's all this [Carol Dweck stuff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck#Mindset_work) of [fixed mindset vs growth mindsets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindset#Fixed_and_growth_mindset) aaaaand:

1. [IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle](https://medium.com/incerto/iq-is-largely-a-pseudoscientific-swindle-f131c101ba39) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
2. [The learning myth: Why I'll never tell my son he's smart](https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/talks-and-interviews/talks-and-interviews-unit/conversations-with-sal/a/the-learning-myth-why-ill-never-tell-my-son-hes-smart) by Salman Khan
3. Josh Waitzkin interview:

Interviewer:

> In general, do you see any disadvantages to being labeled a child prodigy?

[Josh Waitzkin](https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/01/21/learning-about-learning-an-interview-with-joshua-waitzkin):

> Yes, there are huge disadvantages if you buy into the label. The most perilous danger, in the language of Carol Dweck, is that we internalize an entity theory of intelligence. The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. For that reason, it is incredibly important for parents to make their feedback process related as opposed to praising or criticizing talent. Think about it-if you tell a kid that she is a winner, which a lot of well-intentioned parents do, then she learns that her winning is because of something ingrained in her. But if we win because we are a winner, then when we lose it must make us a loser.

But it's not like 'IQ' is a complete swindle in a heuristic sense: Fuutarou's been studying hard much earlier than they have, so Fuutarou has

1. better study habits and
2. is able to pick up new topics with less difficulty because e has a solid foundation of the prerequisites. Eg If you didn't study geometry so well, then you may struggle with trigonometry.

* In this specific case...they were most likely studying English or Japanese (Fuutarou talks about 'author'), neither of which are high in prerequisites compared to maths or science, so maybe it's not this.

So, 'IQ' here then could refer to either

1. Fuutarou's good study habits of, say, not going to a hanabi festival without completing homework
2. Fuutarou's good foundation in, say, geometry

Finally, additionally, Fuutarou just likes studying while the quints don't really, so 'IQ' here then could refer to 'desire to learn'.
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