What a good reading comprehension mean and bring?

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When I had took a official intelligence test, there this subtest where I had to found missing words in sentences. It was very easy. Much more that any of the other subtests. I found it so easy that for a lot of the questions I have give a other answer that expected because I found it weird to be that easy compared to other tests. So I had a good result, but not as much as I should have because of my answers. Which mean I don,t know what should have been my score, but surely something very high as I was fast and could have go farther that the hardest questions. Propably something like a genius level, which couldn't have been the case of any other of the subtests. Though I can't be sure if the test was meant for someone my age, or there was some kind of error in the version give to me.

I have learned that it was a test of reading comprehension. So I guess this mean I'm really good at it (Asperger are supposed to be bad in it.) Though i don't see indication in my life saying I'm specially good at it.
It could be (and by far) my greatest intellectual streng. So I wonder, what does it give me? What streng can be linked to that? How come I'm so good at this?
I don't see what can bring a good reading comprehension. Doe my greatest intelectual streng have to be something for most part useless?

Goodness, no! After a PhD-level education, reading comprehension is the most important skill in the workplace. It opens up so many doors.

Wow. Really? Seeing the whole picture, I guess. Maybe they were thinking of children when they made that generalization...

The importance? Yeah, what he said. Reading comprehension is essential in research. Also, if you like to write or read for fun. I just absorb books, I love 'em. I get my best information out of them, too, besides actually doing something, which really is the best for me. Um, just life, I guess. You can pick up texts on your favorite topic and absorb them. Whatever it is you're in to, they'll have books on it.

I was just diagnosed with AS and I am great at reading comprehension, grammar, pretty much anything to do with English...except spelling. REALLY bad at that. But the dictionary and Google are my tools to overcome it
On the other hand I am HORRIBLE at math, not all math- I can be quite good at Statistics, but Algebra is practically impossible. I took it 2x in HS and 3X in college just to try and pass (get a C). It is hell for me. I also have trouble with some science stuff, especially chem in the classroom (the theoretical part, formulas and such) ...yet I always got high marks and had almost no trouble in the lab.
So, if your question is can someone with AS be good with reading and language, they sure can
I once was given an IQ test in school because they wanted to put me in the "gifted" program. The test was 75% MATH. They apparently concluded I wasn't "gifted" yeah, I'm not gifted in math...but I taught myself to read by age 3 and I was reading adult lit by 4. Gifted is gifted, no matter if the subject is math, language, art, or whatever.

Last edited by Gigi830 on 09 Apr 2010, 1:30 am, edited 1 time in total.

That subtest looks very weird to test your reading comprehension.
Can you explain something about the test? It looks like a vocab test, with some reading comprehension skills needed.

Greets

White collar jobs are comprised of tons and tons of paper to read. Some people know from experience that they'll never wade through it so they don't try. Others give it a shot but worry about how they'll sound at a meeting if it comes up. You are going to be the one that reads it, understands it the first time, and keeps it as useful information.

Considering that the business world consists most of masses of paper, I think you'll rule the world. Really - it's a great gift you've got there.

Oh - education? Same thing. Lots and lots of paper to read, understand, and retain. You're a winner.

I think I'm the same. So far I've not managed to find any practical outlet for it. Good luck.

If you had to choose just one skill to have, that would be a good one to choose. Without strong reading comprehension skills, you would not be able to intelligently read and absorb the masses of information that fill our lives. You would be at the mercy of clever but misleading news stories, of which there are many. You would not be able to turn a skeptical eye toward writing that is biased, misleading, unfair, or filled with half-truths, whatever the topic happens to be.

Your skill is most certainly not "useless". The written word is what connects us to history. It is what connects us to the learning of the ages. The human story is contained in writing. The wisdom of the greatest thinkers our species has produced is contained in writing. The knowledge of how photosythesis works, how a jet engine works, why this particular act is legal and that one isn't, the amazing insights of Shakespeare or Freud or Faulkner or Plato ... all of these are contained in writing. Without the ability to read and comprehend them, we would still be in the Stone Age.

The ability to read and comprehend, intelligently and critically ... this is one of the greatest skills one could possibly have.

Intellectual fulfilment. If you were merely good at math, you would still have trouble expressing yourself as a scientific scholar. If you had on the other hand advanced vocabulary and a natural affinity for verbal rhythm but lack of comprehension you would lack logic. It is what helps you to express yourself and stand out. You have a head start being able to learn at an earlier age, and lessening the agony of AS.

Where did you get this idea? That's nonsense.