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by fenier 3783 days ago
Not taking Statistics in high school. Ended up taking it in College, but found I enjoy it quite a bit and would have been able to enjoy it nearly a decade earlier.
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Statistics should replace algebra II or maybe trigonometry as a high school requirement.
I think High Schools focus to much on theory and not enough on practical application to make it interesting.

They do the same for most math. Always learned math better when it was being applied to actual things I cared about personally.

I'm making my way through "Statistics for Dummies" right now..