"I don't get why we teach mean as a balance point. I can understand a mention about it but students that can find the mean of a group of numbers have difficulty showing how to find the mean as a balance point on a line plot and I don't really see the point."
"The common core now requires the topic of absolute mean deviation to be taught in 6th grade...a topic I did not engage in til college stats. Why?"
"I don't get why we teach stem and leaf plots. I have never seen one in real life. Ever."
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