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bionicarm http:///t/392778/high-school/20#post_3489886
They don't even teach multiplication tables any longer the way we did them. They use this "system" where they move their fingers back and forth when when doing basic multiplication. I forget what they call it, but they teach them multiplying by using one hand as the 10's, and the other as one's (or something like that). Kids today don't bother. They just pull out their smartphones and open up the calculator app. What's really scary is some kids don't know how to read an analog clock.
Talk about scary things as our civilization advances... most people, including adults don't know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and can show a visual representation of it by pointing out where the sun is in the sky by telling where North and South are.
Used to, survival knowledge was the basics for all human life - how to grow vegetables, fruits, fruit trees etc. and how to combat the pests and diseases that come with them. Now days you just go down to your local grocery store and can buy a tomato in the middle of Winter.
Used to, you were apprentised into crafts and skills - and you would spend YEARS of your adolescent life honing your skills so that you could be a productive member of society. Now days, this task is left to a failed eduction systemthat does not teach the basics of how to make a living.
