> negatively impact basic arithmetic skills Yep and that skill was rendered completely obsolete. Always remember being told "you won't always have a calculator

> negatively impact basic arithmetic skills Yep and that skill was rendered completely obsolete. Always remember being told "you won't always have a calculator with you!!" because I couldn't be bothered showing my working on my maths work. How did that work out... oh everyone now always has calculators with them. Glad I didn't waste my time memorising multiplication tables.