Guest blog post by Dr. Nicole M. Michalik – Cowriter (with Dr. Jeff Watson) of the series Making Sense of Educational Data
There are those things in life that are so common or necessary it is just expected that you know all about it, what to do with it, or better yet, how to do it. I recently read an article about the 30 things everyone should be able to do by the age 30. I am over 30 so I gave the article a go. I can swim, find my way around without GPS, and could get from point A to point B driving a stick shift if I had to. Skip to the end, I nailed 29 of those 30 items. While the list was pretty fluffy and easy to check off if you are even remotely connected with modern life in the United States, I cannot do 1 of those items. I cannot change the oil in my car.