Speaking from personal experience, understanding the concept of much of anything...

camccann on Nov 18, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shameful Innumeracy in the New York Times

Speaking from personal experience, understanding the concept of much of anything is, alas, not really required to pass the GED. So I fear that anyone who can comprehend an advanced concept such as "percentiles" would be wasting their talents on anything involving the GED.