How to improve the nation's I.Q.

How many of you have taken those ubiquitous online I.Q. tests? If you're not pleased with your results, there are ways to improve your I.Q., according to Richard Nisbett, a professor at the University of Michigan, and author of the book Intelligence and How to Get It. Nicholas Kristof, an intelligent NY Times writer, suggests that we work on an "intellectual stimulus package" as well as an economic one. 

And to those of you who dread summer reading for your AP classes, keep this in mind:

Good schooling correlates particularly closely to higher I.Q.’s. One indication of the importance of school is that children’s I.Q.’s drop or stagnate over the summer months when they are on vacation (particularly for kids whose parents don’t inflict books or summer programs on them).

That's right. I inflict summer reading on you for your own good. You're welcome.