Yeah, I agree. I lamented my lack of early education in statistics later in life. Now, at the time I was studying calculus-based courses, I didn't like them eit

Yeah, I agree. I lamented my lack of early education in statistics later in life. Now, at the time I was studying calculus-based courses, I didn't like them either. But it didn't take long into various quantitative fields where it clearly made a difference. The lack of statistical understanding by the general population should not come at the expense of calculus-based mathematics. Furthermore, simply increasing the knowledge of statistics in peoples' minds won't solve all the problems that people see with innumerate individuals; a significant problem is that statistical reasoning often runs counter to human intuition and emotion. No amount of knowledge defeats those in all cases.