Not all of the current generation is like that but I have encountered many like you described.
Although they hated us for it for a little while we never let our kids use calculators when they were in school.
After a while they got so good at doing math in their heads they could come up with the right answer faster than classmates could enter the numbers into a calculator.
Both of them graduated with honors with distinction and the younger one that graduated last year has been asked to be in attendance at this years graduation ceremonies next week as he will be presented with the Governor General award for academics. (highest marks out of all the students for grade 11+12)
The award is always presented the year following graduation as the final marks are not in prior to the ceremonies being held.
Too many gadgets out there that seem to extinguish a lot of peoples desire to develop the ability to think for themselves.[/quote]
LOL this is funny cause I've seen many people my age (63) and older who can't make change either!
And really? What's the cents (pun intended)? You owe 6.57 and had the cashier 21.57 all they have to due is enter 21.57 as the amount tendered and the register does the rest. No critical thinking needed. And the reason that kids are not taught how to make change is two fold. One they are pushing these kids to go to college so allegedly they won't be running a till (unless of course they major in the arts, social sciences and or womens studies, with those degrees they will be behind a till). And 2: the till does it for you! It comes up with amount due, you enter amount tendered and it tells you how much money to return to the customer. So all you have to be able to do is count. Why teach something that's no longer used? Every time someone says well what would happen.....heck if those "things" happened it wouldn't matter, it would either get fixed or people would learn.
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