tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post7977946334035255985..comments2024-01-31T11:23:30.195-05:00Comments on Journeys: The Lake Wobegon Effectdianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-75175618038657368222009-07-21T14:12:07.749-04:002009-07-21T14:12:07.749-04:00Then again, wouldn't it be nice if every stude...Then again, wouldn't it be nice if every student excelled in at least one class or sport? It's not a mathematical impossibility for every child to be above average AT SOMETHING. The mathematical imposibility is when there is only one metric with which we judge a population. Such a metric is a poor one by my lights.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880138307353363868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665164814382738462.post-35271822223556245352007-08-20T17:53:00.000-04:002007-08-20T17:53:00.000-04:00This just in:The current issue of Business Week fo...This just in:<BR/><BR/>The current issue of Business Week focuses on "The Future of Work"<BR/>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/07_34/B40470734futurework.htm<BR/><BR/>In "Ten Years From Now", the magazine polled 2,000 U. S. executives and middle managers; "an impossible 90% of respondents believe they're in the top 10% of performers."<BR/><BR/>Hmm...sounds like the LW Effect to me!dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292813474160548707noreply@blogger.com