“Seventy-five percent of people are average or below,” I explained.

“What? That doesn’t make sense.”

“Well, if we consider the middle fifty percent to be average, then we take that fifty and add the twenty-five below and…”

“You get seventy-five,” she concluded.

“Yes.”

“I need to process this.”

When I first started working at the high school level, I learned something very quickly.  It wasn’t okay to be average.  And, I had to change my words to describe average – typical, developmentally appropriate, and standard were my favorites.   Average was bad.

I believe this perception needs to change. 

See the video below to find out why: