You are exactly right Larousse!!
Also, if you dismantle the educated middle class, you effectively end the Republic.
As a former teacher, I can tell you and others for a fact that children in public schools are given a calculator in the first grade and taught to use it.
Children in U. S. public schools are NOT taught to calculate math problems in their heads. If you don't believe me, see if a teenager spots, say for example, a $50.00 pair of jeans on sale for 20% off. They can't tell you what the sale price is, unless they have a pocket calculator with them.
Grammar---has't been taught in at least 20-25 years. Kids are absolutely CLUELESS about Parts of Speech and the Rules of Grammar.
Civics or U. S. History--- not been taught hardcore since the 80's.
Remember "The Dear Hillary Letter," written by Marc Johnson to Hillary Clinton? Remember the phrase, "a seamless web from the cradle to the grave"? That means the guvmint plans to OWN YOU from the cradle to the grave. Period.
Ever wonder why hilly's Thesis, allegedly on Saul Alinsky, is reportedly SEALED at Wellsley? Read up on "The Alinsky Method."
And please don't think the Rand Corp. is just a little think tank.