Anything But Average

Abstract

An "average" student is anything but average. In this paper, Slater and Strehle report study results which debunk the mythology so uncon cernedly responsible for the label of "average" which is so misused because misunderstood. In stead of being recognized as an abstract golden mean, difficult if not impossible to find in simple entities but certainly impossible to find among men, this label has acquired pejorative connotations which wound many people on whom it is hung.