Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.
- Augustine of Hippo
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I wonder how many people this week realized that "ten percent down" followed by "ten percent up" does not equal "no change." Probably a few. And how many realized that "ten percent down" followed by "ten percent up" is the same as "ten percent up" followed by "ten percent down"?
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John Allen Paulos' column at ABC News is up and it's quite interesting.
Sadly, I'm not talking about the desire to learn. A recent survey of teachers (pdf) revealed the following about hunger in the U.S. classroom: