Mental math in particular is a skill which was borderline relevant with the advent of calculators and is highly questionable when everyone has a calculating mac

Mental math in particular is a skill which was borderline relevant with the advent of calculators and is highly questionable when everyone has a calculating machine in their pockets 24/7. As someone with kids, I’d say the public school educators and teachers we dealt with very much mirrored your attitude, and that’s a big part of why scores are down. Lots of soft curriculum, math games, but no emphasis on learning things like multiplication, grammar, vocabulary, spelling.