Statistics and Probability: Part II
School is a place where were hear a lot about statistics and probability also.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of statistics that they don’t tell us
about.
They will tell you that if you are of a
certain race, or if you have only one parent, or if your parents don’t make
much money that you are less likely to do well in school. It almost sound that if you are of a certain
race, or if you only have one parent, or if your parents don’t make much money
you might as well not try – you are doomed for failure anyways.
What they don’t tell you is that not all
students of a certain race fail in in school, and not all students with only
one parent fail in school, or that not all students whose parents don’t earn
much money fail in school. They also don’t
tell you that there are reasons that students who do well in school actually do
well.
We know that students who attend class, pay
attention, take notes, and actually do their homework assignments usually do
well in school: no matter what their race, no matter how many parents they have
at home, and no matter how much money their parents earn.
We know that students who attended classes,
paid attention, took notes, and did well in their classes last year, will
probably continue to do well this year.
Saying you had a bad teacher last year is a
waste of time. Teacher’s are all
perfect, but if most of the students in your class did well and passed the
class – well they had the same teacher that you did – what’s your excuse? Do you think that maybe not attending class,
not paying attention, no taking notes, and not doing your homework might have
had anything to do with it.
There is an old saying that “If you always
do what you always did, you will always get what you’ve always got.” If you want things to change, be the change
you want to see.
The truth is, you can do more to change and
improve your life that your family, your teachers, and your bosses can improve
your life. I also have found that your
family, your teachers, and your bosses will do more to help you if you are
doing stuff to improve your life.
There will always be students of any race
that fail, and there will always be students from all kinds of families that
will fail, and there will always be students from rich and poor parents that
will fail. What every race you are, and
whatever kind of family you came from, you can always to things to improve and
change your future – if you want to.
We also know that not every student who
tries to improve their life is successful at improving their life as much as
the wanted to, but they also improve their life to be better than what it would
have been if they had not tried.
David
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