I don’t reblog a lot, but I think this is an important and educational post and felt I had to share.
People who know me well will be aware that I’m not a fan of numbers. In fact, I detest the darn things. Maths was my worst subject at school (aside from the much-dreaded sport); I never learnt my times tables; and although I can easily rattle off huge chunks of ‘Hamlet’, I struggle to remember my own ‘phone number. And don’t even get me started on a task in my previous job which involved working out standard deviations from cohort means in order to calculate student prizes.
However, I acknowledge that numbers are important – especially in these days of rising Covid cases at a time when we’re all getting dragged back to the office by our hair, kicking and screaming (did I mention that I’m not looking forward to going back?). In fact, it amazes me that although the daily infection, hospitalisation, and death figures in the UK…
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September 21, 2021 at 9:37 am
Suzie count the ways
you live well
not the days
til
well you know
what
John
September 21, 2021 at 11:23 am
John, you are so right!!!! Thank you!
September 21, 2021 at 11:42 am
I don’t walk out the door without a mask to hand, you’ll not get me on a bus, a train, for me it’s common sense – as for statistics, modelled numbers, they don’t breathe as I do.
September 21, 2021 at 12:09 pm
I am totally with you, Eric!