June, 2017

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The Myth of Average

Tilisa Thibodeaux, Ed.D.

I am reading Todd Rose’s book, The End of Average, where he posits that when we develop assumptions or generate conclusions based on what is considered average, and that all outside assumptions and conditions are variants of the average, we are ruling out everything individual or different. The average boils down to ONE measurement, not a range of measurements.

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Passion or Pity?

Tilisa Thibodeaux, Ed.D.

From the time I was a youth, I believed that there was a special approach, or prescriptive formula, or only one way to do things. I believed that the right way was always going to be more difficult because it took energy, time, blood, sweat, and maybe even tears. For so many years, I believed I never had what it took to do something the “right” way as perceived by others.