Thursday, April 28, 2011

Woodstock student gambling

Did you see the little ad in The Woodstock Independent this week about gambling by Woodstock School District 200 students?

"Gambling is a problem!
"25% of eighth-grraders and 40% of high-schoolers reported gambling for money or valuable items.
"Data WCUSD200 2010 JYS Results"

OK, so some gamble and don't report it. Others report it but never gambled. I wonder what the margin-of-error was in the survey, not that it matters.

What type of gambling was involved? If a student flipped a coin one time for a milk shake, is that "gambling" that gets counted?

For these percentages to mean anything, much more information is needed. Will TWI be expanding on this?

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