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OFF-TOPIC but not really.
I blame the falling standards of "modern" education. I know a college junior who was working as a cashier. She could not use a paper and pencil to add numbers if the column held more than five figures. I guess because the pencil was in one hand, she could only use the five fingers on the other for tabulation.
Too many children are advanced to the next grade when they should be held back, all to protect their self-esteem. Now we have college graduates who can't read, and who can't do simple math. Yes, it is depressing.
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