I am aware of this, but still, thank you for bringing it up as it is an important issue. The software engineers and people who have to interact with more calcul

I am aware of this, but still, thank you for bringing it up as it is an important issue. The software engineers and people who have to interact with more calculations than everyone else would at sometime need to learn them - as you said. I think speleding is onto something, though: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2213985 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2213985 We all believe that calculations need to be taught first, but maybe it is not necessary. Learning the calculations after the bigger concepts has its own advantages. Everyone could start with general education, and those that need it could be taught the more advanced (or one might say, basic) calculations.