This is the first time I have taught Probability and Statistics. Today, I had a student ask me "what does the variation and standard deviation really mean?" She said she has always been really great at math and didn't care before about the "why?" because she always good at so it didn't matter. Now, this content she says makes her want to know why and what these numbers really represent. I was SO thankful for this because as a teacher that is my goal and struggle--to teach students why any of this matters. Thankfully, this class has a lot of real life applications and it is very fun for me to think about it and talk with students about these applications.
So this may seem extrememly nerdy but I am very thankful for some really neat academic conversations with students that I am starting to have!
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