Statistics and me
I took two of these classes in collage. Both times, I had to take them to get my degree. The first time I was very young and I did not care about stats. The class was very hard and a person who had a thick accent and was hard to understand taught it. He was a nice and fair teacher though and curved the heck out of our tests. I remember he asked us who was majoring in stats and only two people raised their hands. He knew most of us did not want to be in his class. Statistics and me just did not get along. It was nothing personal you know and I told him one day in his office. I just want to pass I told him and had no interest in stats and did not understand it either. I would try, to a point though, and we had an understanding. The problems were long and hard to solve and the answers were always point zero zero two or something like that. I guessed on most of them after twenty-two steps of math. Sometimes I was close to the answer. This statistics stuff was hard though. I would guess zero zero point three and the answer would be zero zero point five or something. I could not prove it but I did do all those steps over and over again. I gave an effort to try to do the problem right but my math was so weak my steps were wrong from the beginning. He gave me enough credit to pass and that is all I ever wanted from him. Later on in life, I took a graduate level stat class and did much better in it. I was thrilled when an answer in statistics came up correct even though my math was bad. The teacher would make remarks on my paper if I knew math better I would get all the problems right. I was thrilled by that because years ago I would have not passed this class. I was more mature now. People always warn you when you go back to school at an older age it is harder to do it. I fund it easier. The internet made it easy and my dedication made it easy. I was smarter I think. They say you peak intelligently at fifty. I passed statistics. I received a good grade in stats and bragged to myself all the summer. I can pass anything now I believe and if I can pass that, I must have learned something in my life. It gave you confidence you know. Do I want to take another stat class? No. I would rather not, but my school career is over anyway. I hope so at least. I have been in school too many years of my life I think. I am tired. I can learn anything on my own now and anything I want to learn today. I do use statistics in my present job though on a small basis. I can also spot bad stats and people who use stats wrong. I proudly tell them why I know it is wrong to count in that way. It is not valid stats because the denominator is not right. Good luck.
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