Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Key statistic

A former classmate emailed me some links on Facebook that he thought were interesting. He asked me not to forward the message or otherwise divulge his observation regarding our alma mater because a few of our classmates tend to be sensitive. Apparently, I didn’t make the sensitive list.

Respecting his wishes, I’ll omit the name of our institute of lower learning. The one FB group was “I was a (blank) cheerleader!” The other, “I played powderpuff football for (blank).”

The population of the latter group was 64 while there was just one woman in the former. My source of these links thought the 64:1 ratio was the significant statistic, but I lean toward the “just one.” In the long and storied history of our school, only one person will admit to having been a cheerleader. But, 64 females are proud to have laced up the cleats.

I like it.

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