My 7th grader she is learning statistics in math. standard Deviation and mean variance etc. She came home and said she doesn't like statistics. She's a great student and I was...
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surprised and them I remembered the only class I truly hated in college, was statistics.
posted March 15th, 2013 at 1:46pm in
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- I loathed statistics in college. My worst class. 3-15-2013 1:47pm
- Don't let her define herself like this. Offer to get her a tutor 3-15-2013 1:47pm
- what's wrong with a kid disliking something? 3-15-2013 1:48pm
- I just mean you start too think oh statatisitcs is too hard, not my thing, but it's central to many academic tracks 3-15-2013 1:49pm
- op-I told her how important it was. 3-15-2013 1:50pm
- op-I think it's the first time she feels challenged, it was just the first day. I told her to memorize every formula and if she has a problem go on khan 3-15-2013 1:49pm
- this was my absolute fav in HS and college which makes sense since my career now has a heavy statistical modeling peace. 3-15-2013 1:48pm
- ^piece 3-15-2013 1:48pm
- huh, cool 3-15-2013 1:48pm
- what do you do? i do lots of statistical modeling too but i sucked at math 3-15-2013 1:49pm
- I love statistics and I am so pleased they are teaching it now. So many people don't understand statistics and they are manipulated by bad stats. That said, you have to teach it...(more) 3-15-2013 1:48pm
in a fun way (which I can because I love it!)
- do you teach HS stats? 3-15-2013 1:49pm
- No. I used to teach stats to undergrads and B school students when I was doing my post doc. 3-15-2013 1:50pm
- whats discipline are you in 3-15-2013 1:51pm
- Stats was the first math class I ever loved. But then, I'm a logic nerd. My dh would argue it is hard to teach stats to young kids, because the critical thinking part of the brain...(more) 3-15-2013 1:51pm
isn't completely developed AND our education system is geared to results, not thinking.
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