I first learned form it too. My point was that it is a primer, not an authoritative source. Its purpose was to get Catholics to the point of intelligently asking "Why?" in the context of Catholic dogma. Those who complete their knowledge of the Catholic dogma with a cursory knowledge of the Baltimore Catechism are poorly Catechized. Those who cite it as authoritative simply look foolish.
I agree. Your remark that it was done away with after VatII is what prompted my comment. Yeah, unfortunately it was discarded after VatII... and replaced with nothing. So now we have a situation where children are taught the mechanics of glue, glitter and cardboard and then go straight to algebra without ever learning how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. It’s no wonder they turn into material and formal Protestants.