I experienced how poorly statistics is taught in American Universities. I took the entry class twice, and never felt I understood. Perhaps that is my point, I knew I needed to understand statistics to do any serious work I was interested. I ended up taking a full summer, 12 credit hour, 5 hours a day, 8 week Seminar to gain the level of understanding I knew would be required to make a mark. Statistics is not hard, nor difficult, in the least. It is taught with utter disrespect in the US University system, with a "you don't need to understand" attitude that is 100% backwards.