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$64k is a great salary in my area of PA. I’m not familiar with GA but I imagine it’s the same. To put this into comparison, the average household income in GA is $75k and most households are two earners, so yeah, seems pretty good.

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Now do it with average households with college degrees, since that’s a more reasonable comparison.

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Just because something is average doesn’t mean it’s good.

If the average grade of a class is fifty… that doesn’t mean it’s a good grade. It just means a majority of the class is failing.

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The average GPA is 2.75. At 50% I would guesstimate 90% of kids are failing school. Usually 70% is passing. Where did the 50% "fifty"come from?

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That’s… not how averages work.

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Which part? Can you explain your reasoning in a way that’s not just “nuh-uh”?

As I understand it, an average is when you add together several quantities and then divide that total by the number of quantities. How does this in any way affect actual living wage (or grades, in my given example)?

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