Indeed.
I remember having an argument with someone about attainment levels in Education. They completely refused to accept my throwaway assertion that 50% of pupils were below average.
Their argument wasn't even sophisticated enough to prove me wrong based on the pupils who were precisely ON average.
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank. - Winston Churchill. ( even today the 'senior' services still have a problem with this )
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By definition you are right -and the opposite is true also : 50% of pupils will be above average.
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PreciselyDirk Broer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:31 am By definition you are right -and the opposite is true also : 50% of pupils will be above average.
I think the individual concerned was probably confusing an average with an exam pass-mark
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