NUMBERS

Americans are obsessed with numbers. Phones. Bank accounts. Identification

Numbers. Social Security. Credit Cards. Bank Accounts. IQ. Batting Averages. WinLoss Records.

Health numbers. Blood glucose. Electrolytes. Weight and height combined in BMI (Body Mass Index).

Statistical numbers. What certain statistics say about us as a nation and society are somewhat frightening. Just this week I saw troubling statistics that weighs heavily on our future.

80% of the kids in Washington, DC live in single parent homes. Is that number important? Maybe. In that same school district, exactly zero percent of 5th graders were able to perform academically at their grade level. Are those acts related? Many think so.

80% of single parent