It only gets worse. Houston Independent Schools have waivers for students to bring calculators to tests, because the students/parents are too lazy to learn/teach both the addition and multiplication tables.
So we have a generation of High School students who cannot perform simple, basic mathematics without a calculator. The fact that many cannot read, write or speak English is already an accepted fact.
So we have a generation of High School students who cannot perform simple, basic mathematics without a calculator.”
Made a puchase recently of $1.72. Originally gave teen clerk $2.00 which she entered into her register which registered $.28 coming back to me. Then I found two pennies and gave her that assuming she would just give me $.30 back. She absolutely freaked out because she didn’t know what to do and had to call manager over to correct register. He made a big deal about it and stated, “The register must record the transaction exactly as it occurred” and gave me back $.28. So he - probably early 30’s - apparently didn’t know how to figure it out either. Unfortunately I am old enough to well remember when clerks had to calculate your change in their head and count it back to you. No wonder many stores are going to self check-out and credit cards only.