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Heartily agree with post above; American schools are skipping basic computational skills in favor of conceptual or theory skills. The results are showing up in upper level classes at our school in a big way. Advanced students clearly understand trig and calculus, but fail at tests because they can't manipulate the number reliably.
Teachers who lambaste parents for teaching long division and who don't bother teaching multiplication tables need to be re-focused to teach both theory and practice.
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