There are many reasons that America has lost its mathematical savvy. Education has changed over the years from moving slowly to moving quickly. Sometimes it is better to move slowly, understand a concept, and be able to use what you learned in your everyday life. I feel like math has particularly changed over the decades. With new technology such as the calculator and computer, our society no longer feels the need to teach basic skills. Kids know now-a-days that they can just punch a button on a calculator and get any answer they desire. Kids no longer have to remember their times tables. The problem with our society today is we have an attitude of "do as little work as possible without failing." Kids haven't forgotten the basic fundamentals of math because they don't care; they have forgotten them because there is no longer any need to learn them.
We need to revive the basic fundamentals in kids. If this doesn't happen, we could all become brain dead and just know how to punch a button into a machine. Peace
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