在我的职业生涯中，有相当长的一段时间致力于统计学教育。我在本科院校的心理系上了自己第一门统计学课程，那是我上过的最糟糕的课程之一。幸好我给了统计学第二次机会，否则我大概会步我家中一代又一代社会工作者的后尘。别误会我的意思——我对社会工作者怀有崇高的敬意，我认为这是一项非常崇高的职业。但那对我来说并不是正确的选择。
I’ve spent much of my career focused on statistical education. I took my first statistics course in the psychology department at my undergraduate institution, and it was one of the worst courses I’ve ever taken. It’s a good thing I gave statistics a second chance, or I probably would have followed in the footsteps of a long line of social workers in my family. Don’t get me wrong - I have great respect for social workers and I think it’s a very noble profession. But it wouldn’t have been the right choice for me.