50% of all children are below average!!!

[lendaddy]

Originally posted by nostatic
I still argue that you can't make blanket statements like "public schools suck" or "all teachers are overpaid lazy jerks." It just isn't true...maybe in some places and in some situations, but it does not generalize to "all".

The tendancy is there, not because of the people but because of the system. So no, not all teachers are lazy or "suck", but more of them are/do than if the system were not so scewed to making them that way.

[island911]

Originally posted by stevepaa
Same old nonsense about hourly wages.

GO be a teacher and then come back and say how well you are paid.

I got paid a lot more than I thought I would, for teaching. ~50$/hr. (2003 -2005 Seattle)

Of course after they take out $'s for all the teacher 'benefits" it drops a bit. --but still better pay than teaching you bull-headed lib's.

[Moneyguy1]

It is easy to make blanket statements, then sit back and watch the responses. Most people KNOW they are trolling when they do that......

[alf]

Originally posted by snowman
50% of all children are below average!! This statement is true by definition.

Not exactly. The average (mean) is not alawys the same as the median.

[island911]

Originally posted by alf
Not exactly. The average (mean) is not alawys the same as the median.

Not exactly.
While "mean" is not always the same as the "median," the word "average" is a more broad term, often used synonomusly with either "mean" or "median" . . .among others (medium, mediocre, fair, middling, indifferent, tolerable.)