Higher IQ

[brewer]

As some of you may have noticed I've had other threads talking about intelligence, the malleability of it etc because I am geniunely interested in it, I'd prefer not have any comments about how I shouldn't worry about this, how I should think less about this and do my best etc. This thread is not because I want to compare myself. I'm simply interested in how brains work differently, what are the signs, in what way they are different etc.

Now to the question; are there any members here with an or any members who know someone with a higher IQ of >120? If so:
1) How did you fare academically?
2) How fast did you learn a new concept?
3) Did you have to study much outside of school?
4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't?
5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc
6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it?
7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily?

Personally I believe someone with a higher IQ has a much better and much more efficient thought process combined with a more powerful subconscious (pattern recognition, memory and such is very important too).

My mother was a school teacher in our school system. We were tested multiple times in school (others here may have been also and don't know it, it was not always presented as an IQ test), she had access, we heard our scores. Approaching 60, I'm confident that I'd be disgusted over my testing ability now.

1. Overall very well. In mandatory classes I hated, not so well.
2. Yes.
3. K-12 almost never. Undergrad 30%. Grad 50%.
4. Advanced Math. And what I found boring. 
5. Tolerant, tried to elevate them whenever possible.
6. Depends on the problem.
7. Same as memorizing music. POC.

IQ does not equal success.