More Problems with Averages standard
Math fascinates me—much more now than it did in school. I wish I had more interest in advanced math while I was in school because I feel like I would use it in my job. Part of the problem is the way that mathematics is taught, and for that I place part of the blame on my teachers during my formative years. Nobody cares about when a couple of trains would intersect. If the material was related to things that interested me at the time, I would definitely have enjoyed it more. I was reading an article from Harvard Business Review about the average cost overruns in large IT projects, and there was a figure thrown out about the average ...
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